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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.
2. 2
   (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts wordnet

Synonyms

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alternationcomplementationconcurrencecooperationengagementinteraction

Antonyms

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contrastive distributionfree variation