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Phonetics

//fəˈnɛtɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols. uncountable

    "This dictionary shows the phonetics of the words."

  2. 2
    the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis wordnet

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From phonetic + -s.

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