coarticulation

coarticulation
/koh'ahr tik'yeuh lay"sheuhn/, n. Phonet.
1. concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation /f-/ blending into a coarticulation /-fr-/, which blends into an articulation /-r-/, which blends into a coarticulation /-ro-/, which blends into an articulation /-o/.
2. Also called secondary articulation. the movement during the articulation of a given sound of one or more articulators not directly involved in producing the sound.
[1605-15; CO- + ARTICULATION]

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