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length marknoun PhoneticsA phonetic symbol used to indicate the relative length of a vowel sound: the vowel is either marked with a length mark or is a diphthong...- They use such phonological notation as length marks, but they've also deviated from IPA proper to make the ads more accessible to German speakers.
- Some phoneticians consider it preferable to treat the length mark as a mark of quantity rather than duration, and refer to 'heavy' and 'light' vowels.
- The length of a vowel is usually indicated in phonetic transcription by a length mark.
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