Definition of Phonetics

1. Noun. The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis.

Generic synonyms: Acoustics
Examples of category: Phone, Sound, Speech Sound, Infection, Assimilate, Dissimilate, Shift, Long, Short, Tense, Constricted, Lax
Derivative terms: Phonetic, Phonetic, Phonetician

Definition of Phonetics

1. n. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.

Definition of Phonetics

1. Noun. (context: label=linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols. ¹

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Definition of Phonetics

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Medical Definition of Phonetics

1. 1. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology. 2. The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phonetics

phonesthesia
phonesthetic
phonetic
phonetic alphabet
phonetic symbol
phonetic symbolism
phonetic transcription
phonetical
phonetically
phonetician
phoneticians
phoneticism
phoneticist
phoneticists
phoneticize
phonetics (current term)
phonetism
phonetist
phonetists
phonetization
phonetizations
phonetize
phonetized
phonetizes
phonetizing
phoneward
phonewise
phoneword
phonewords
phoney

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