mordent

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An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch, and the one immediately below it
An elongated bar above a letter, used e.g. in transliterating Japanese in the Hepburn system. For example, ā
{i} musical embellishment of alternating quickly a tone with another a half-tone which is lower
mordent

    Hyphenation

    mor·dent

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    Etymology

    [ 'mor-d&nt, mor- ] (noun.) 1806. Italian mordente, from Latin mordent-, mordens, present participle of mordEre.
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