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Definition: EMPHASES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun emphasis.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(emphasis)		 1. Special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis".[Wordnet].
2. Intensity or forcefulness of expression; "his emphasis on civil rights".[Wordnet].
3. Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.[Wordnet].
4. The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).[Wordnet].
5. A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.[Websters].
6. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.[Websters].

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Date "Emphases" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references)

Definition: EMPHASES

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun Plural1. Plural inflection of the noun emphasis.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(emphasis)		1. Special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis".[Wordnet].
2. Intensity or forcefulness of expression; "his emphasis on civil rights".[Wordnet].
3. Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.[Wordnet].
4. The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).[Wordnet].
5. A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.[Websters].
6. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.[Websters].

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Date "EMPHASES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references)

Specialty Definition: emphasis

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] In rhetoric, a particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given to the words or parts of a discourse, whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience; or a distinctive utterance of words, specially significant, with a degree and kind of stress suited to convey their meaning in the best manner. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
BusinessIn FM transmission, the intentional alteration of the amplitude-vs.-frequency characteristics of the signal to reduce adverse effects of noise in a communication system. Note: The high-frequency signal components are emphasized to produce a more equal modulation index for the transmitted frequency spectrum, and therefore a better signal-to-noise ratio for the entire frequency range. (references)
ComputingFor the purpose of Office Document Architecture (ODA), a feature which concerns the imaging of the graphic characters on the presentation medium. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical EngineeringThe intentional alteration of the amplitude, phase, frequency, or shape characteristics of a signal to reduce adverse effects of noise in a communication system. Source: European Union. (references)
WikipedicThe word emphasis, in addition to its main dictionary meaning, may have the following technical meanings. (references)
Wiktionary1: [Noun] (typography) Related to bold. (references)
 2: [Noun] Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type. He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech. (references)
 3: [Noun] Special attention or prominence given to something. Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district. (references)
 4: [Noun] Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. He paused for emphasis before saying who had won. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: emphasis

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Dwell emphasisAerospaceWhen the pointer comes to rest for a predetermined time on a selected object, the computer tells the user which object it perceives the user is about to select. (references)
Management emphasisMiningThe multiple-use values to be featured or enhanced. (references)
Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasisElectrical EngineeringA simulator used to model electrical circuits at the transistor level. Source: European Union. (references)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: emphasis

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
EMPHASISEnglishArchitectures Software and Hardware for MPEG-4 SystemsComputing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: Emphasis

Emphasis

The etymological origin of "emphasis" is from the Greek "εν(εμ)+ φαίνομαι" {em +fenome} meaning : to accent the appearance, to underline, to put in bold, make something more significant or important.

The word emphasis, in addition to its main dictionary meaning, may have the following technical meanings.

  • Emphasis, a notion from FM signal transmission
  • Emphasis, in typography: visual enhancement a part of a text to make it noticeable
  • In the grammatical terminology used in discussing the Semitic languages, "emphasis" refers to certain phonologically differentiated stop or fricative consonant sounds. The exact phonological realization of emphatic consonants varies between languages, but includes ejective consonants in Ethopian Semitic languages, and velarization/pharyngealization on Arabic. Emphatic consonants include ط ص ظ ض in Arabic, and ט צ ק in Hebrew.
  • EMPHASIS: Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination Seminar

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Emphasis". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: emphasis

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Emphasis24   Cultural emphasis4
Emphasis (typography)18   Emphasis24
Cultural emphasis4   Emphasis (telecommunications)3
Emphasis (telecommunications)3   Emphasis (typography)18

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

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