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1. U.S. weaker stress on syllable: an accentuation on a syllable that is weaker than that on the syllable receiving the main accent. For example, in the word "secondary," the main accent falls on the first syllable and the secondary accent on the third.
Canadian term secondary stress
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2. stress mark: a mark used to indicate where a secondary accent is placed in a word
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