For example, use of ( which gives é, Latin lower-case E with acute accent, U + 00E9 in Unicode ) in an XML document will generate an error unless the entity has already been defined.

* accent marks ( thus called because the acute, the grave and the circumflex accent were originally used to indicate different types of pitch accents, in the polytonic transcription of Greek )

** – acute accent ( Latin apex )

** – double acute accent

The shape of the diacritic developed from initially resembling today's acute accent to a long flourish by the 15th century.

In Spanish, the grapheme ñ is considered a new letter different from n and collated between n and o, as it denotes a different sound from that of a plain n. But the accented vowels á, é, í, ó, ú are not separated from the unaccented vowels a, e, i, o, u, as the acute accent in Spanish only modifies stress within the word or denotes a distinction between homonyms, and does not modify the sound of a letter.

On Apple Macintosh computers, there are keyboard shortcuts for the most common diacritics ; Option-e followed by a vowel places an acute accent, Option-u followed by a vowel gives an umlaut, option-c gives a cedilla, etc.

:* The Slovak alphabet uses the acute ( á é í ó ú ý ĺ ŕ ), caron ( č ď ľ ň š ť ž ), umlaut ( ä ) and circumflex accent ( ô ).

:* Hungarian uses the umlaut, the acute and double acute accent ( unique to Hungarian ): ö ü, á é í ó ú and ő ű.

The acute accent can also indicate a different sound ( more open, like in case of a / á, e / é ).

It also uses the acute accent for stressed vowels á, é, í, ó, ú, áŋ, íŋ, úŋ.

:* The acute accent " ́" above any vowel in Cyrillic alphabets is used in dictionaries, books for children and foreign learners to indicate the word stress, it also can be used for disambiguation of similarly spelled words with different lexical stresses.

Blackboard used in class at Harvard University | Harvard shows students ' efforts at placing the ü and acute accent diacritic used in Spanish orthography.

The acute accent is used to add emphasis in the same way as underlining or writing in bold or italics in English, for example Dit is jóú boek ( It is your book ).

The acute and the grave accent indicate stress and vowel height, the cedilla marks the result of a historical palatalization, the diaeresis mark indicates either a hiatus, or that the letter u is pronounced when the graphemes gü, qü are followed by e or i, the interpunct (·) distinguishes the different values of ll / l · l.

* French uses the grave accent ( accent grave ), the acute accent ( accent aigu ), the circumflex ( accent circonflexe ), the cedilla ( cédille ), and the diaeresis ( tréma ).

* Galician vowels can bear an acute accent ( á, é, í, ó, ú ) to indicate stress or difference between two otherwise same written words ( é, '( he / she ) is ' vs. e, ' and '), but trema is only used with ï and ü to show diaeresis in pronunciation.

The acute and the grave accent indicate stress and vowel height, the cedilla marks the result of a historical palatalization, the diaeresis mark indicates either a hiatus, or that the letter u is pronounced when the graphemes gü, qü are followed by e or i, the interpunct (·) distinguishes the different values of nh / n · h and sh / s · h.

The acute and the circumflex accent indicate stress and vowel height, the grave accent indicates crasis, the tilde represents nasalization, and the cedilla marks the result of a historical palatalization.

It may be necessary to rule out a delirium, which can be distinguished by visual hallucinations, acute onset and fluctuating level of consciousness, and indicates an underlying medical illness.

An example of the latter in English ( acute accent indicates stress ):

Leaving aside rarities, it indicates surface infection ( conjunctivitis ), intraocular inflammation ( e. g., iridocyclitis ) or high intraocular pressure ( acute glaucoma or occasionally severe, untreated chronic glaucoma ).

It is important to rule out a delirium which can be distinguished by visual hallucinations, acute onset and fluctuating level of consciousness and indicates an underlying medical illness.

If a swara is not natural ( shuddha ), a line below a letter indicates that it is flat ( komal ) and an acute accent above indicates that it is sharp ( tivra ).

Preliminary research indicates that bromelain may affect migration of neutrophils to sites of acute inflammation.

If this indicates acute heart damage ( elevation in the ST segment, new left bundle branch block ), treatment for a heart attack in the form of angioplasty or thrombolysis is indicated immediately ( see below ).

Punshon of The Guardian, in his review of January 13, 1939, said that Poirot, " by careful and acute reasoning is able to show that a convincing case can be made out against all the members of the family till the baffled reader is ready to believe them all guilty in turn and till Poirot in one of his famous confrontation scenes indicates who is, in fact, the culprit.

* Irish uses acute accent to indicate that the vowel is long.

The standardized orthography marks the long vowels with an acute accent.

The square piano ( not truly square, but rectangular ) was cross strung at an extremely acute angle above the hammers, with the keyboard set along the long side.

The leaves are from long and cm broad, dark green with reddish veins, and with an acute apex and coarsely toothed margins.

Pain that lasts a long time is called chronic, and pain that resolves quickly is called acute.

Galagos have large eyes that give them good night vision, strong hind limbs, acute hearing, and long tails that help them balance.

The acute accent ( á, é, í, ó, ú ) or circumflex accent ( â, ê, î, ô, û, ŷ ) marks long vowels in the Elvish languages.

Harlingen's third hospital, Solara Hospital is a long-term acute care facility where patients can receive treatment for as long as a month, compared to general hospitals where patients are treated for shorter periods.

This care will help keep the glucose ( sugar ) level in the blood from becoming either too high or too low, reducing or eliminating acute problems, and if sustained over a long time, reduce the chance of chronic problems as well.

* Leaves: Alternate, simple, long, wide, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, entire, acuminate, or acute or cuspidate, rounded, wedge-shaped or subcordate at base.

The flowers are produced in a panicle or corymb up to 26 cm long, each flower small, pale green at first then turning reddish, with five slender, acute petals 7 to 15 mm long.

* Winter buds: Dark chestnut brown ( reddish brown ), ovate, acute, generally 6 mm long

* Leaves: Alternate, seven to nine-lobed, oblong-ovate to oblong, five to ten inches long, four to six inches broad ; seven to eleven lobes tapering gradually from broad bases, acute, and usually repandly dentate and terminating with long bristle-pointed teeth ; the second pair of lobes from apex are largest ; midrib and primary veins conspicuous.

The acorns mature in about 18 months after pollination ; solitary or in pairs, sessile or stalked ; nut oblong-ovoid with broad flat base, full, with acute apex, one half to one and one-fourth of an inch long, first green, maturing nut-brown ; cup, saucer-shaped and shallow, 2 cm ( 0. 8 in ) wide, usually covering only the base, sometimes one-fourth of the nut, thick, shallow, reddish brown, somewhat downy within, covered with thin imbricated reddish brown scales.

* Winter buds: Light chestnut brown, ovate, acute, one-fourth to one-half of an inch long.

* Leaves: Alternate, five to nine inches long, three to four and a half wide, obovate to oblong-lanceolate, wedge-shaped or rounded at base, coarsely crenately toothed, teeth rounded or acute, apex rounded or acute.

Instead of cutting, long swords were then used more to thrust against opponents in plate armour, requiring a more acute point and a more rigid blade.

Her husband died in 1944, aged 38, of long term acute alcoholism.

A medical emergency is an injury or illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health.