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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 syl·lab·ic /səˈlæbɪk/
 音節主音(a.)音節的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Syl·lab·ic Syl·lab·ic·al a.
 1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.
 2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment. “The syllabic stage of writing.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 syllabic
      adj 1: of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic
             characters each represent a syllable"
      2: consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters;
         "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic
         writing"
      3: (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather
         than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
         [ant: accentual, quantitative]
      4: consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a
         syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a
         consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a
         vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the
         other vowel sounds in a syllable (as being the first vowel
         in a falling diphthong); "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or
         the syllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced
         `bot-n-y'"; "the syllabic `o' in `oi'" [ant: nonsyllabic]
      5: of liquids and nasals [syn: vocalic] [ant: consonantal]