(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:59:46

Ma"cron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. long.] Pron.

A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, ā, in dāme; ē, in sēam, etc.

 

© Webster 1913.

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