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Fricative
A type of sound which is characterised by air passing a constriction somewhere between the glottis and the lips. Turbulence arises when air flows through a narrow gap and it is this which causes the noise typical of fricatives. Fricatives can be voiced or voiceless. The equivalent term spirant is sometimes found.
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