synæresis

A form of synaeresis — The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.

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Meanings

nounsynæresis (plural synæreses)

plural synæreses

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of synaeresis.

    Synæresis, spirantization, and sonorant-degemination

    1985, Charles-James N. Bailey, Ethnoloɠue, Languages of the World: English Phonetic Transcription, →ISBN, chapter 9 title
    1 more example

    IN an attempt to extend observations on the synæresis of actomyosin by adenosine triphosphate to a less disorganized and more physiologically complete system, the volume changes which accompany the disappearance of the latter in a muscle fibre suspension are being studied.

    1951 June 30, BB Marsh, Nature 167 - Letters to Nature: A Factor Modifying Muscle Fibre Synæresis, pages 1065–1066
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