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Continuant meaning
A linguistic sound other than a stop. | A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix. | An endurant.
Synonyms of Continuant
Example sentences (1)
Thus 'b' and 'd' can rhyme (both being 'voiced plosives'), as can 'bh' and 'l' (which are both 'voiced continuants') but 'l', a 'voiced continuant', cannot rhyme with 'ph', a 'voiceless continuant'.