Phonetics

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.

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phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

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