"velar pinch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: velar pinches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} velar pinch (plural velar pinches)
  1. (phonetics) The "pinch" that occurs between the second and third formants of vowels immediately before and after velar stops. Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-velar_pinch-en-noun-djJN4mJh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

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