1. A mark placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naive or Bronte) — compare umlaut
2. The break in a verse caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word
Razdvajanje, raščlanjivanje jednog dvoglasnika (diftonga) na dva samoglasnika; med. razdvajanje, rastavljanje, naročito krvnih sudova.
Podela samoglasnika na dva.