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continuant

noun

Meaning

  1. A linguistic sound other than a stop.
  2. A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
  3. (ontology) An endurant.
  4. Continuing; prolonged; sustained.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

continuant consonant(English)fricative(English)frictionless(English)consonant(English)sonant(English)segment(English)subphoneme(English)nonconsonant(English)occurrent(English)consonants(English)vowel(English)entities(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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