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Phonetics

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Noun

1. phonetics

the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Phonetics

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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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Phonetics

see synonyms of phonetics
noun
1. 
the study of speech sounds, their production and combination, and their representation by written symbols
2. 
the description and analysis of the sounds of a particular language
the phonetics of English

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Phonetics

see synonyms of phonetics
n. (used with a sing. verb)
1. The branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols.
2. The system of sounds of a particular language.

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