visible speech

Primary Meanings of visible speech

1.
 n
spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically
2.
 n
a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century
Full Definitions of visible speech
1

n spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically

Type of:
spectrogram, spectrograph
a photographic record of a spectrum
2

n a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century

Type of:
phonetic alphabet, sound alphabet
an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech

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