primary stress
noun
1.
primary accent
.
Origin
1950-55
Examples from the web for
primary stress
In addition, patients with
primary stress
incontinence and primary pelvic pain symptoms were excluded.
The basic characteristic of a
primary stress
is that it is not self-limiting.
Use only rounded characters when
primary stress
components are identified by steel die stamping.
The
primary stress
is nutrient enrichment, which regulates the secondary response of eutrophication.
British Dictionary definitions for
primary stress
primary accent
noun
1.
(
linguistics
) the strongest accent in a word or breath group, as that on the first syllable of
agriculture
Compare
secondary accent
primary stress
noun
1.
(
linguistics
)
another term for
primary accent