Meaning of PHONETICS
| Pronunciation: | | fu'netiks
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| | Definition: | | [n] the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis |
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| | Definition: | | \Pho*net"ics\, n.
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.
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