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accent

n.

1. in linguistics, phonetic features of an individual’s speech that are associated with geographical region or social class. The standard version of a language (see standard language) is usually considered by native speakers to be unaccented. Compare dialect.

2. a stress placed on a syllable of a word, orthographically marked in some languages.

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CAT

CAT

1. abbreviation for California Achievement Tests.

2. abbreviation for Children’s Apperception Test.

3. abbreviation for the British version of the Cognitive Abilities Test.

4. abbreviation for computer adaptive testing.

5. acronym for computerized axial tomography (see computed tomography).