What is the meaning of syllabic?

Of or relating to syllables.
- usage: "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
Consisting of or using a syllabary.
- usage: "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
Of verse. ( having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities)
Consisting of a syllable or syllables.
Of speech sounds. ( forming the nucleus of a syllable)
- usage: "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'"

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MLA	WordNet. "syllabic" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/syllabic/definitions/1184928>

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