Definition of "syllabic" [syl•lab•ic]

• Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables. (adjective)
• Pronounced with every syllable distinct. (adjective)
• Linguistics Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (rĭdˈl), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l). (adjective)
• Of or being a form of verse based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities. (adjective)
• Linguistics A syllabic sound. (noun)

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• "Space is provided on the disc for the name of the individual in syllabic characters."
• "CV-C was called syllabic and final, CV-V was handled by a mark so an analytic feature."
• "Over these difficulties Mr Evans pondered and worked and, after any amount of experimenting and failure, succeeded in inventing and perfecting that is known as the syllabic characters."