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phon·ics (fän′iks, fōn′-)

noun

  1. the science or study of sound; acoustics
  2. a method of teaching beginners to read or enunciate by learning to associate certain letters or groups of letters with the sounds they commonly represent

Etymology: < phonic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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