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Polytonic vs Polyconic - What's the difference?

polytonic | polyconic |

As adjectives the difference between polytonic and polyconic

is that polytonic is of or using the greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents replaced by the monotonic system in 1982 while polyconic is pertaining to, or based upon, many cones.

polytonic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.

    • Antonyms

    * monotonic

    External links

    * (Greek diacritics)

    polyconic

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones.

    • Derived terms

    * polyconic projection

    References

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