[DOC] [TLE] Diacritic - Wikipedia [PAR] A diacritic  also diacritical mark, diacritical point, or diacritical sign  is a glyph 
added to a letter .... double marks (over or under two base characters) ... The tittle 
(dot) on the letter i of the Latin alphabet originated as a diacritic to ... They 
indicate the presence of short vowels (fata, kasra, or amma) or their absence (
sukn). [DOC] [TLE] Macron - Wikipedia [PAR] A macron is a diacritical mark, a straight bar () placed above a letter, usually a 
vowel. Its name ... The opposite is the breve , which marks a short or light 
syllable or a short vowel. ... The Syriac Latin alphabet uses macrons to indicate 
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... THE U-SHAPED LINE OVER A VOWEL TO INDICATE A SHORT SOUND, ... 
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Long and short for Latin vowels simply means the length of time that the vowel is 
held for. A long Latin vowel is indicated by a macron, which is a line over the 
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, ox, ... quarter, etc, were pronounced with the familiar kw sound in Anglo-
Norman (and, ... Many more Latin-derived words came into use (sometimes 
through the ... For instance, he used double consonants to indicate a short 
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because of its name, 'double u' and its shape, 'double v'. ..... make it a stupid 
sounding expression would require a short essay. ..... famous 'Bugger Line' (the 
vowel change boundary), somewhere out .... Put the Bottle down! [DOC] [TLE] Grammar And Language Glossary - Businessballs [PAR] Glossary of terminology, definitions for grammar and language, vocal sounds, ... 
using the initial letter(s) of a multi-word name or phrase - for example, BBC for ... 
Greek words akro, meaning end, and stikhos, meaning a row or line of verse. ... 
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signal to begin, is traced back to the Latin word Quando, meaning ... Delta is the 
Greek letter shaped like a triangle suggested the fan shape of the .... This 
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like or shaped like a god .... diaeresis, two dots placed over a vowel to indicate a 
syllable break

Question: The U-shaped line put over a vowel to indicate a short sound; its name is from Latin for "short"
Answer: Breve