"voice onset time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: voice onset times [plural]
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  1. (phonetics) The amount of time that passes between the release of a stop consonant and the onset of voicing. Wikipedia link: voice onset time Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: VOT, VoT
    Sense id: en-voice_onset_time-en-noun-ed2jdxgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

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