phonetics
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1. the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | acoustics, |
| definition | : | the study of the physical properties of sound (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | phone, sound, speech sound, |
| definition | : | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | infection, |
| definition | : | (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | assimilate, |
| definition | : | become similar in sound (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | dissimilate, |
| definition | : | become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | shift, |
| definition | : | change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | long, |
| definition | : | (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | short, |
| definition | : | of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | tense, |
| definition | : | pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | constricted, |
| definition | : | especially tense; especially in some dialects (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | lax, |
| definition | : | pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | phonetician, |
| definition | : | a specialist in phonetics (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | phonetic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | phonetic, phonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to speech sounds (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | phonetician, |
| definition | : | a specialist in phonetics (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | phonetic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | phonetic, phonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to speech sounds (adj.pert) |
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