manner of articulation

noun

, Phonetics.

1. the degree of obstruction or the type of channel imposed upon the passage of air at a given place of articulation, as denoted by such categories as stop, fricative, nasal, and semivowel.

Example Sentences

To the complexity which the gait of the quadruped contributes, because of its being four-legged, there is added the complicated manner of articulation of the bones of the hind leg.

From Project Gutenberg

The oral manner of articulation is naturally not sufficient to define a consonant.

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