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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phonetic \Pho*net"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr ? a sound, tone; akin to
Gr ? to speak: cf F. phon['e]tique. See {Ban} a
proclamation.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use
2. Representing sounds; as phonetic characters; -- opposed
to {ideographic}; as a phonetic notation.
{Phonetic spelling}, spelling in phonetic characters, each
representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic
spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
phonetic
adj 1: of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription"
2: of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds;
"phonetic analysis"
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