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View synonyms for phonetics
phonetics
[ fuh-net-iks, foh- ]
noun
, (used with a singular verb)
- the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. Compare acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics, auditory phonetics, physiological phonetics.
- the symbols used to represent the speech sounds of a language.
phonetics
/ fəˈnɛtɪks /
noun
- functioning as singular the science concerned with the study of speech processes, including the production, perception, and analysis of speech sounds from both an acoustic and a physiological point of view. This science, though capable of being applied to language studies, technically excludes linguistic considerations Compare phonology
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