Definitions

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  • adjective Not segmental.

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  • adjective having a body that is not divided into segments

Etymologies

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non- +‎ segmental

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Examples

  • If you want a nonsegmental feature interpretable as a cluster, one possibility that doesn't impose on the estabilish'd sound laws of Greek is preaspiration: /pajto/ pʰajʰto?

    Linear A treatment of consonant clusters 2009

  • Egad, I missed an important issue here: "If you want a nonsegmental feature interpretable as a cluster, one possibility that doesn't impose on the estabilish'd sound laws of Greek is preaspiration: /pajto/ pʰajʰto?"

    Linear A treatment of consonant clusters 2009

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