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21Checked and free vowels — In phonetics and phonology, checked vowels are those that usually must be followed by a consonant in a stressed syllable, while free vowels are those that may stand in a stressed open syllable with no following consonant. Usage The terms checked… …
22Американский фонетический алфавит — Американистическая фонетическая запись, англ. Americanist phonetic notation, или Американский фонетический алфавит, англ. (North) American[ist] Phonetic Alphabet, АФА, APA  система фонетической транскрипции, разработанная европейскими и… …
23Proto-Dené–Caucasian language — Proto Dené–Caucasian is the reconstructed hypothetical common ancestor of the Dené–Caucasian languages, a proposed language superfamily to which Basque, North Caucasian, Burushaski, Sino Tibetan, Yeniseian, Na Dené and possibly also other… …
24Американская фонетическая транскрипция — Американистическая фонетическая запись, англ. Americanist phonetic notation, или Американский фонетический алфавит, англ. (North) American[ist] Phonetic Alphabet, АФА, APA  система фонетической транскрипции, разработанная… …
25tense — 1. adj. & v. adj. 1 stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2 causing tenseness (a tense moment). 3 Phonet. pronounced with the vocal muscles tense. v.tr. & intr. make or become tense. Phrases and idioms …
26Laxity — Lax i*ty (l[a^]ks [i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. laxitas, fr. laxus loose, slack: cf. F. laxit[ e], See {Lax}, a.] The state or quality of being lax; lack of tenseness, strictness, or exactness. [1913 Webster] …
27Tensity — Ten si*ty, n. The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness. [1913 Webster] …
28fortis — adjective Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, strong Date: 1897 produced with relatively great articulatory tenseness and strong expiration < t in toe is fortis, d in doe is lenis > …
29tensity — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1658 the quality or state of being tense ; tenseness …
30tense — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tens time, tense, from Anglo French, from Latin tempus Date: 14th century 1. a distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes 2. a. a set of… …
