Look up: phoneme

1. PhoneME
   The phoneME project is Sun Microsystems reference implementation of Java virtual machine and associated libraries of Java ME with source, licensed under the GNU General Public License. The phoneME library includes implementations of Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Mobile Informati...
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2. phoneme
   [n] - (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
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3. Phoneme
   The basic classes of sounds used to form the words of a language. Examples in English are 'k', 'oo', and 'th'. They are often represented by single written letters.
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4. Phoneme
   A phoneme is the smallest contrastive unit of sound in a word. There are approximately 44 phonemes in English (the number varies depending on the accent). A phoneme may have variant pronunciations in different positions; for example, the first and last sounds in the word 'little' are variants of th...
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5. phoneme
   smallest element of a speech signal Category: Language and literature
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6. phoneme
   The smallest sound unit which, in terms of the phonetic sequences of sound, controls meaning. ... Origin: G. Phonema, a voice ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. phoneme
   noun (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
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8. phoneme
   (fo´nēm) the smallest distinct unit of sound in speech; the basic unit of spoken language.
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9. phoneme
   in linguistics, smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another, as the sound p in `tap,` which separates that word ... [8 related articles]
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10. phoneme
    phoneme 1. The smallest unit of speech that distinguishes one utterance from another in all of the variations that it displays in the speech of a single person or particular dialect as the result of modifying influences (as neighboring sounds and stress). 2. The smallest sound unit which, in terms o...
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11. Phoneme
    A phoneme is a basic element of a given language or dialect, from which words in that language or dialect are analyzed as being built up. The phoneme is defined by the International Phonetic Association as "the smallest segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts between utterance...
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12. Phoneme
    The smallest unit of speech that serves to distinguish one utterance from another in a language
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13. phoneme
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fō′nēm Definitions: 1. A speech sound.
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14. phoneme
    Distinctive unit of sound from which a language is formed. For example, /t/ and /d/ are phonemes in English because they can be used to distinguish between two words, for example `bad` and `bat`. Although the exact sound of /t/ varies with its phonetic context (see phonetics). Phonetically, the /t/...
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