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stop
(redirected from plosive)

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stop: see punctuation punctuation [Lat.,=point], the use of special signs in writing to clarify how words are used; the term also refers to the signs themselves. In every language, besides the sounds of the words that are strung together there are other features, such as tone, accent, and
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The plosive sounds of the girl's lame and BEing are diffused into dull anonymity and absence.
Because of its short on-time (50 [micro]s and short off-time ([sim]2 ms), the dynamic properties of the transducer allow for good transmission of audio signals and fast changes in the time domain--that is, of plosives in speech signals.
He describes Jesus in prayer: "There were occasions, more mystifying, feverish, and blissful, when the language was unknown, a tripping, spittle-basted tongue, plosive and percussive and high pitched.
 
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