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cardinal vowel

car·di·nal vow·el (plural car·di·nal vow·els)


noun 
Definition:
 
vowel providing phonetic reference point: a member of a fixed set of vowel sounds, based on the position of the tongue and the shape of the mouth cavity, and spaced at approximately equal acoustic intervals

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