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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024distinc′tive fea′ture, [Ling.]- Linguistics, Phoneticsa feature of the sound system of a language that serves as the crucial distinguishing mark between two phonemes, as the distinctive feature of voicing, which distinguishes b from p in English, or nasality, which distinguishes m from b and p.
- Phonetics, Linguisticsany of a set of phonetic properties, as coronal, nasal, or strident, serving as a basic unit of phonological analysis by which the sounds that are significant in a language can be characterized and distinguished from one another.
- Linguistics, Phoneticsa component or phonetic feature characterizing a phoneme.
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