Look up: onset


  1. Onset
    [audio] Onset refers to the beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak. It is related to (but different from) the concept of a transient: all musical notes have an onset, but do not necessarily include an initial transient. In phonet...
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  2. Onset
    [MA] This is a category of articles to do with the O-Bahn Busway. ...
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  3. onset
    [n] - the beginning or early stages
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=onset

  4. Onset
    the onset of a word or syllable is the initial consonant or consonant cluster: clang; trike; sun. Some words or syllables have no onset: or; out; end; at; on; earth. see rime
    Found op http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/literacy/63285/nls_fw

  5. Onset
    The onset is the beginning or early stages of a condition or disease.
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  6. Onset
    Onset: In medicine, the first appearance of the signs or symptoms of an illness as, for example, the onset of rheumatoid arthritis. There is always an onset to a disease but never to the return to good health. The default setting is good health. The onset of a disease helps define it and, often, nam...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=31474

  7. Onset
    On'set` noun [ On + set .] 1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton. « The onset and retire Of both your armies.» Shak. «...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/21

  8. Onset
    On'set` transitive verb 1. To assault; to set upon. [ Obsolete] 2. To set about; to begin. [ Obsolete] Carew.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/21



  1. onset
    oncoming noun the beginning or early stages; `the onset of pneumonia`
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  2. Onset
    • (n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. • (v. t.) To assault; to set upon. • (v. t.) To set about; to begin. • (n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. • (n.) A setting about; a ...
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  3. onset
    1. the beginning or early stages
    2. an offensive against and enemy (using weapons)

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  4. Onset
    The initial consonant sound(s) in a monosyllabic word. This unit is smaller than a syllable but may be larger than a phoneme (the onset of bag is b-; of swim is sw-)
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  5. onset
    In grammar, the initial consonant or group of consonants of a word or syllable. Words and syllables beginning with a vowel or vowels have no onset
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  6. Onset
    In medicine, the first appearance of the signs or symptoms of an illness as, for example, the onset of rheumatoid arthritis. There is always an onset to a disease but never to the return to good health. The default setting is good health.
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  7. Onset
    In medicine, the first appearance of the signs or symptoms of an illness as, for example, the onset of rheumatoid arthritis. There is always an onset to a disease but never to the return to good health. The default setting is good health.
    Found op http://www.obesityhelp.com/content/wls_glossary.html

  8. onset
    1) 94. kind of romance between actors 2) Advent 3) Assault 4) Attack 5) Beginning 6) Beginning or attack 7) Beginning or early stages 8) Beginning stage 9) Birth 10) Cdp in plymouth county massachusetts, usa 11) Commencemen...
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