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Phobia

A phobia refers to Psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation.

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Phobic disorders

Phobic disorders refer to Anxiety disorders marked by a persistent and Irrational Fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger.

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Phoenix

Phoenix refers to a person or thing of unparalleled beauty or excellence; a person or thing that has regenerated or rejuvenated after a great misfortune. The word Phoenix is after a fabulous bird of great beauty in Egyptian mythology which lived to 500 years and burned itself on a funeral pyre to be born again from the ashes.

Phone

Phone refers to a speech sound, such as [p], [ph], and [b], used by any language. It is the minimal unit of sound.

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Phoneme

Deutsch: Phonem / Español: Fonema / Português: Fonema / Français: Phonème / Italiano: Fonema

Phoneme is defined as the smallest or minimal unit of speech sound that can be used to distinguish one utterance in a given language from another; a smallest unit of sound that makes a meaningful difference in a given language. Phoneme, moreover is the shortest segment of speech that, if changed, would change the meaning of a Word.

In psychology, particularly in the fields of cognitive and developmental psychology, a phoneme refers to the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning. Phonemes play a critical role in understanding how individuals learn language and how they process spoken and written communication.

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Phoneme boundary

Deutsch: Phonemgrenze / Español: Límite fonémico / Português: Limite fonêmico / Français: Limite phonémique / Italiano: Limite fonemico /

Phoneme boundary refers to the location on a continuum of change in some acoustic property of a sound where the listener 's perception of the sound changes from one phoneme to another.

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Phoneme boundary effect

Phoneme boundary effect refers to the phenomenon in which the same acoustic difference, such as a 20-millisecond difference in voice onset time (VOT) is perceptible if the two (2) st

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Phonemes

Phonemes refer to the smallest units of sound in spoken language that make a difference in the meaning of words.

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