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phonetic alphabet

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phonetic alphabet [fə′ned·ik ′al·fə‚bet]
(communications)
A list of standard words used for positive identification of letters in a voice message transmitted by radio or telephone.


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Marquart does not use the International Phonetic Alphabet in her discussion on vowels, perhaps because the novice singer would be unfamiliar with it.
Before that, hurricanes were named after saints, longitude and latitude coordinates or letters of the phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie.
Hey, radio operators, the phonetic alphabet is used to make your life easier.
 
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