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acoustic phonetics

noun

the branch of science dealing with the sounds of speech in terms of their frequency, duration, intensity, etc., especially as analyzed by means of instruments like the sound spectrograph and the oscillograph.Compare articulatory phonetics.
a composite branch of physics and linguistics that treats sound proper as it relates to speech.
the branch of phonetics dealing with the transmission of sounds to the ear and the reception of them by the ear prior to neurological processing.

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Nearby words

  1. acoustic meatus,
  2. acoustic mine,
  3. acoustic nerve,
  4. acoustic neuroma,
  5. acoustic ohm,
  6. acoustic radiation,
  7. acoustic reactance,
  8. acoustic resistance,
  9. acoustic shock,
  10. acoustic spectrography
Compare auditory phonetics.

Origin of acoustic phonetics

First recorded in 1930–35
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British Dictionary definitions for acoustic phonetics

acoustic phonetics

noun

(functioning as singular) the branch of phonetics concerned with the acoustic properties of human speechCompare auditory phonetics, articulatory phonetics
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