compensatory lengthenings

A form of compensatory lengthening — The lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost, regarded as an extreme form of fusion; (countable) an instance of this.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of compensatory lengthening
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