phonetics: Meaning and Definition of

pho•net•ics

Pronunciation: (fu-net'iks, fō-), [key]
— n. (used with a sing. v.)
  1. the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. Cf.
  2. the phonetic system or the body of phonetic facts of a particular language.
  3. the symbols used to represent the speech sounds of a language.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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