phonetics
[ fuh-net-iks, foh- ]
/ fəˈnɛt ɪks, foʊ- /
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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.
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British Dictionary definitions for phonetics
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 considerationsCompare phonology
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Medical definitions for phonetics
phonetics
[ fə-nĕt′ĭks ]
n.
The branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols.
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