different between polytonic vs polyconic

polytonic

English

Etymology

From poly- +? tonic.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p?li?t?n?k/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?li?t?n?k/
  • Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

polytonic

  1. having several tones
    1. of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.

Antonyms

  • monotonic

Translations

Further reading

  • Greek diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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polyconic

English

Etymology

poly- +? conic

Adjective

polyconic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones.

Derived terms

  • polyconic projection

References

  • polyconic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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