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n.
A phonetic symbol; a letter.
a.
Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
n.
See Phonetics.
v. t.
To represent by phonetic signs.
n.
A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.]
n.
The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
n.
The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs.
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A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character.
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The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.
a.
A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.
n.
The science which treats of vocal sounds.
adv.
In a phonetic manner.
n.
One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
n.
The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.
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A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only.
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One versed in phonetics; a phonologist.
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Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
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Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
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An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.
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One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
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