(phonetics is a kind of ...) the study of the physical properties of sound

• acoustics

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) especially tense; especially in some dialects

• constricted

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• tense

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

• short

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration

• long

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

• shift

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities

• dissimilate

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) become similar in sound

• assimilate

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

• infection

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• phone
• sound
• speech sound

(phonetics is the domain which ... is member of) pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

• lax