n (linguistics) The
substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding
modification of use or meaning; vowel
permutation; as,
(term|get),
(term|gat), and
(term|got);
(term|sing) and
(term|song);
(term|hang) and
(term|hung), distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
(defdate|Mid 19th century.)[(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =5| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)]