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intersyllable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English syllable English intersyllable From inter- + syllable.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) between adjacent syllables
    • In some cases, precisely synchronized bursts in both hemispheres were also observed during periods associated with the intersyllable silent interval. (From abstract of Pattern of interhemispheric synchronization in HVc during singing correlates with key transitions in the song pattern. — Journal Neurophysiology 2003; 90(6):3931-49 (ISSN: 0022-3077))

Relateds

intersyllabic