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Macron
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Macron'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/macron.html. 1828.