A compound modifier (also called a compound adjective, phrasal adjective, or adjectival phrase) is a compound of two or more attributive words: that is...
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most obvious in descriptive compounds (known as karmadharaya compounds in the Sanskrit tradition), in which the modifier is used in an attributive or...
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Hyphen (redirect from Object–verbal noun compound)
pastebin). Despite decreased use, hyphenation remains the norm in certain compound-modifier constructions and, among some authors, with certain prefixes (see...
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whole compound, and modifiers, which restrict this meaning. For example, the English compound doghouse, where house is the head and dog is the modifier, is...
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meaning Compound modifier, two or more words that modify a noun Dangling modifier, a word or phrase that modifies a clause in an ambiguous manner Modifier key...
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function grammatically as non-finite verbs, can also compound, functioning as compound modifiers, but that is less common than for verbs. (See Japanese...
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word after a hyphenated prefix (e.g., Mid-, Anti-, Super-, etc.) in compound modifiers (e.g., Mid-year, Anti-hero, etc.). Always capitalize the first and...
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Look up 第一 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dai-ichi (第一) is a compound modifier phrase of Japanese origin, meaning number one, or first. In kanji...
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or phrase Modifier (disambiguation) Compound modifier This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Single-word modifier. If an internal...
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spelled without a hyphen as "stop motion"—either standalone or as a compound modifier. Both orthographic variants, with and without the hyphen, are correct...
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English adjectives (section Compounds vs modifiers)
post-head (or postpositive) modifiers, with particular adjectives like galore (e.g., stories galore) or with certain compound heads like somebody (e.g....
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including: Noun-Noun Compounds: This type of compound involves two nouns, where one noun serves as the head and the other as the modifier. For example, "معلمو+الفيزياء"...
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Postpositive adjective (redirect from Postpositive noun modifier)
virtually all modifiers come before the noun, whereas in the Khmer language they follow the noun.) Sometimes a noun with a postpositive modifier comes to form...
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Plastic (redirect from Property modifiers)
Retrieved March 4, 2023. "Impact modifiers: how to make your compound tougher". Plastics, Additives and Compounding. 6 (3): 46–49. May 2004. doi:10...
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voiced uvular implosive 𐞔 : Modifier letter small capital G with hook, used as a superscript IPA letter 𐞓 : Modifier letter small g with hook, used...
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copyediting makes a distinction between temporary compounds (such as many nonce [novel instance] compound modifiers), in which every part of the hyphenated word...
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after deity'). Bahuvrīhi is an exocentric compound consisting of a noun preceded by a grammatical modifier which, taken together, functions as a single...
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the head of the compound and the referent as the modifier: thus hundjävel means approximately "bloody dog", but the head of the compound is jävel, and hund...
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Noun adjunct (redirect from Noun modifier)
grammar, a noun adjunct, attributive noun, qualifying noun, noun (pre)modifier, or apposite noun is an optional noun that modifies another noun; functioning...
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Interval (music) (redirect from Simple and compound intervals)
augmented (A), and diminished (d). This is called its interval quality (or modifier). It is possible to have doubly diminished and doubly augmented intervals...
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Thiol (redirect from Sulfhydryl compound)
Greek θεῖον (theion) 'sulfur'), or thiol derivative, is any organosulfur compound of the form R−SH, where R represents an alkyl or other organic substituent...
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or Xpsk1 compound protocols in which the roles of initiator and responder get reversed as a negotiation mechanism via the fallback modifier. A Noise Pipe...
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Friction modifiers are added to lubricants in order to reduce friction and wear in machine components. They are particularly important in the boundary...
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Prime (symbol) (redirect from MODIFIER LETTER PRIME)
PRIME (⁗) U+02B9 ʹ MODIFIER LETTER PRIME U+02BA ʺ MODIFIER LETTER DOUBLE PRIME The "modifier letter prime" and "modifier letter double prime" characters...
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Tamil script (section Compound form)
with a different vowel or bare consonants are represented by adding a modifier character to a base character. Each code point representing a similar phoneme...
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accepting re-organization, emerged in January 2017. Asphaltite is a common modifier for bitumen in asphalt. Blending asphaltite with bitumen increases the...
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English nouns (section Modifiers)
determinative (Do you mean the London in Ontario?), or add a restrictive modifier (Do you mean the London in Ontario?). English pronouns are a closed category...
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Adverb (redirect from Verbal modifier)
The term implies that the principal function of adverbs is to act as modifiers of verbs or verb phrases. An adverb used in this way may provide information...
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or two i-adjectives can combine, forming compound modifiers; these are much less common than Japanese compound verbs. Common examples include omo-shiro-i...
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letter K: U+1D0B ᴋ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL K U+1D37 ᴷ MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL K U+1D4F ᵏ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL K ₖ: Subscript small k was used in the Uralic...
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