Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ancient prosody, consisting in or equal to a single semeion (mora or unit of time); equivalent to or constituting an ordinary or normal short; monochronous: as, a monosemic arsis; a monosemic pause. See disemic, trisemic.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
monosemy .
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A more widely used terminology today distinguishes monosemic and polysemic words.
On simplifying English DC 2007
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