"down tack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: down tacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} down tack (plural down tacks)
  1. (phonetics) The IPA diacritic of primary articulation: ⟨˕⟩, used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the manner of articulation one step forward in this chain: nasal → plosive → fricative → approximant → trill → tap, flap → lateral fricative → lateral approximant → lateral flap. Categories (topical): Phonetics Derived forms: ̞ (english: the combining form) Related terms: ˔ (english: up tack)

Inflected forms

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