syllable

n. in linguistics, a unit of articulation consisting of a stand-alone vowel or a vowel combined with one or more consonants. The syllable length of a speaker’s sentences is often used as a standard of comparison in psycholinguistic research and in psychometric tests of language development and mental ability. —syllabic adj.

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February 22nd 2025

work group

any group of people whose primary objective is to perform a set of assigned tasks. The degree to which this collection becomes a cohesive unit with a distinct identity determines whether a work group becomes a team. See also action group; task-oriented group.