poststress

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adjective

After a stress (emphasis placed on a syllable of a word).

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Meanings

adjectivepoststress (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesAfter a stress (emphasis placed on a syllable of a word).

    Thus, the acute accent is typically characterized by an F₀-maximum in the prestress syllable and an F₀-minimum in the stressed syllable, while for the grave accent the corresponding F₀-maximum occurs in the stressed syllable and the F₀-minimum in the poststress syllable.

    1996, Ann M. Peters, Sven Strömqvist, “The Role of Prosody in the Acquisition of Grammatical Morphemes”, in James L. Morgan, Katherine Demuth, editors, Signal to Syntax: Bootstrapping From Speech To Grammar in Early Acquisition, New York, NY: Psychology Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 217

Origin

From post- + stress.

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APA

poststress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poststress

MLA

“poststress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poststress. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poststress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poststress.

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