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

 di·a·crit·ic /ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk/
 (a.)可區別的;讀音符號

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Di·a·crit·ic Di·a·crit·ic·al a.  That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, ā, ă, ä, ō, ŏ, etc. Diacritical points.”
    A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer.   --A. J. Ellis.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 diacritic
      adj : capable of distinguishing; "students having superior
            diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"-
            S.F.Nadel [syn: diacritical]
      n : a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
          [syn: diacritical mark]