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Meaning
Noun
●
Special
weight
or
forcefulness
given to
something considered important.
●
Special
attention
or
prominence
given to
something.
●
Prominence
given to
a
syllable
or
words
, by
raising
the
voice
or
printing in
italic
or
underlined
type.
●
In Phonology:
The
phonetic
or
phonological
feature
that
distinguishes
emphatic
consonants
from other
consonants
.
●
In Typography:
The use of
boldface
,
italics
, or other such
formatting
to
highlight
text.
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