Explore Approximants through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Approximants meaning
plural of approximant
Using Approximants
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of approximant
- In the example corpus, approximants often appears in combinations such as: the approximants, and approximants, approximants are.
Context around Approximants
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Approximants
- In this selection, "approximants" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, corresponding, pharyngeal, represent, derived, voiceless and resemble stand out and add context to how "approximants" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as nasal approximants may include and for the approximants. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "approximants" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with approximants
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nasals and approximants are always voiced. (6 words)
For the pharyngeal, approximants are more numerous than fricatives. (9 words)
This phenomenon occurs because voiced fricatives have developed from lenition of plosives or fortition of approximants. (16 words)
In the classical Quenya mode, row 1 represents voiceless stops, row 2 voiced prenasalized stops, row 3 voiceless fricatives, row 4 voiceless prenasalized stops, row 5 nasal stops, and row 6 approximants. (32 words)
However, not all of these letters represent vowels in all languages, or even consistently within one language (some of them, especially W and Y, are also used to represent approximants ). (30 words)
Comparing the convergents with the approximants derived from the Babylonian method: : : : : : Properties of infinite continued fractions Baire space is a topological space on infinite sequences of natural numbers. (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
An alternative approach, less common today, is to use i and u only for the vowels and j and v for the approximants.
Comparing the convergents with the approximants derived from the Babylonian method: : : : : : Properties of infinite continued fractions Baire space is a topological space on infinite sequences of natural numbers.
Consonants There are three series of plosives or corresponding approximants: * Voiceless stops derive from their Latin counterparts in composition after another stop.
For places of articulation further back in the mouth, languages do not contrast voiced fricatives and approximants.
For the pharyngeal, approximants are more numerous than fricatives.
However, not all of these letters represent vowels in all languages, or even consistently within one language (some of them, especially W and Y, are also used to represent approximants ).
In the classical Quenya mode, row 1 represents voiceless stops, row 2 voiced prenasalized stops, row 3 voiceless fricatives, row 4 voiceless prenasalized stops, row 5 nasal stops, and row 6 approximants.
Manners without such obstruction (nasals, liquids, approximants, and also vowels ) are called sonorants because they are nearly always voiced.
Nasals and approximants are always voiced.
Semivowels main Some approximants resemble vowels in acoustic and articulatory properties and the terms semivowel and glide are often used for these non-syllabic vowel-like segments.
This can be combined with other manners, resulting in lateral approximants (the most common), lateral flaps, and lateral fricatives and affricates.
This phenomenon occurs because voiced fricatives have developed from lenition of plosives or fortition of approximants.
What are transcribed as nasal approximants may include non-syllabic elements of nasal vowels or diphthongs.
Common combinations with approximants
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: