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ALL meanings of secondary stress

sec·ond·ar·y stress
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  • noun secondary stress Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load. 1
  • noun secondary stress secondary accent. 1
  • noun secondary stress any accent, or stress, that is weaker than the full, or primary, accent 0
  • noun secondary stress a mark (in this dictionary, ˌ) used to indicate this 0
  • noun secondary stress the second strongest of the four phonemic degrees of stress 0
  • noun secondary stress a mark indicating this 0
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