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  • noun Alternative spelling of diaeresis.

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Examples

  • It's out in France from Denoel can't hack diaresis on this and last Saturday won the Best Foreign Novel Prix Imaginales in Epinal in the Vosges in France.

    Bubblebath Cat and the Anticipation Goodies 2009

  • (On and Eon) Ονομα αυτῳ Ἑβραϊστι: diaresis on α; in original.

    A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

  • Select Members, select the diaresis button (the 3 dots) and they should now appear in the resulting window.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • In fact, it's pretty useful from time to time, for typing ü (diaresis + u), which isn't part of our own alphabet and thus isn't present on the keyboard, but is still pretty common e.g. in German names.

    Command Line Warriors 2008

  • If, after a time, a distance and a degree of loudness are found that enable him to recognize these sounds with unfailing accuracy, or at least 90 per cent. of the time, then other sounds can be added, such as aw (a with diaresis below), (a with breve) (as in hat), (i with macron) (as in ice), oo (as in cool), ow (as in owl).

    What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know John Dutton Wright 1909

  • Often, however I need to type special characters, such as € or letters with a diaresis on top, such as ü (useful to type my own name; -)).

    Planet Ubuntu 2009

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