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primary accent
pri·mar·y ac·cent (plural pri·mar·y ac·cents)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.S. emphasis placed on main syllable: the strongest force used in pronouncing one of the syllables of a word with more than one syllable, or the mark, usually (′), used to indicate this.
Canadian term  primary stress
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