Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Phonetics"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phonetics \Pho*net"ics\, n.
1. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the
human voice; phonology.
2. The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written
characters.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phonetics
n : the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes
including its production and perception and acoustic
analysis
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