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 nonsyllabic
      adj 1: not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable;
             consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the
             same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a
             vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a
             syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong);
             "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced
             `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'" [syn: unsyllabic]
             [ant: syllabic]
      2: of liquids and nasals [syn: consonantal, nonvocalic]
         [ant: vocalic]