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voiced

adj. denoting speech sounds that are articulated with accompanying vibration of the vocal cords. Voiced sounds include all the vowels, semivowels, and diphthongs, and a number of consonants. The dichotomy voiced–unvoiced is an important binary feature in English and many other languages.

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February 15th 2025

distal stimulus

distal stimulus

in perception, the actual object in the environment that stimulates or acts on a sense organ. Compare proximal stimulus.