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Meaning of "approximant"
approximant (adjective) - relating to a sound in the articulation of which one vocal organ approaches another but does not produce a constriction or audible friction, such as the English (w) in win
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- A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
- An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.
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The approximant is never written before any of ā e i.
El commonly represents the alveolar lateral approximant.
The palatal approximant is written y.
It also has a nasal glottal approximant.
The retroflex approximant is a type of consonant used in some languages.
Here means a velar nasal approximant.
The retroflex approximant is written r.
Voiced postalveolar lateral approximant.
The alveolar lateral approximant is usually velarized in this dialect.
I can not even be approximant.
The approximant is sometimes specified as or as.
The most common type of this approximant is glide or semivowel.
There is a parallel problem with transcribing the voiced velar approximant.
Lateral approximant consonant.
Pharyngealized dental lateral approximant.
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The alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
Velarized dental lateral approximant.
The voiced palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages.
Velarised alveolar lateral approximant.
All sizes are approximant and each glass may have a slight variation in weight.
Velarized lateral alveolar approximant.
A Padé approximant approximates a function in one variable.
Voiced alveolar lateral approximant.
The Padé approximant defined above is also denoted as.
Velarised dental lateral approximant.
Sometimes, a pharyngeal approximant develops from a uvular approximant.
Voiceless dental lateral approximant.
The velar approximant ( ) is normally realized as a velarization of the preceding vowel.
Pharyngealized alveolar lateral approximant.
As mentioned above, the labiodental approximant is considered a semivowel in some treatments.
Voiced retroflex lateral approximant.
The approximant / ʕ / is more often epiglottal and functions phonologically as a stop.
Voiced dental lateral approximant.
The creaky-voiced glottal approximant is a consonant sound in some languages.
Voiced velar lateral approximant.
Approximant consonants, such as and, may be either doubly or secondarily articulated.
Voiced palatal lateral approximant.
The labiodental approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
Voiceless postalveolar lateral approximant.
A deep retroflex approximant for "r" is a common characteristic among many rural northwestern speakers.
Voiced pharyngeal approximant.
The approximant length of the screws should be the thickness of the mounting surface plus 4.
Labialised palatal approximant.
Approximant segments include vowels, glides, and liquids while excluding nasals and obstruents.
Voiceless labiovelar approximant.
The nasal palatal approximant is sometimes called a nasal yod ; and may be called nasal glides.
Voiced uvular approximant.
The close front unrounded vowel is the vocalic equivalent of the palatal approximant.
The r is apparently an approximant like English.
A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant.
