Definition of Alveolars. Meaning of Alveolars. Synonyms of Alveolars

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Definition of Alveolars

Alveolar
Alveolar Al"ve*o*lar, a. (Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.

Meaning of Alveolars from wikipedia

- in the IPA as follows: There are no languages which have no alveolars at all. The alveolar or dental consonants [t] and [n] are, along with [k], the most...
- these bronchioles, line the walls of the alveolar ducts, and are more numerous in the blind-ended alveolar sacs. The acini are the basic units of respiration...
- "party" (retroflex [ɽ]). For linguists who do not make the distinction, alveolars and dentals are typically called taps and other articulations flaps. No...
- apical or laminal alveolars, laminal denti-alveolars (such as French), or true dentals, which are uncommon. Laminal denti-alveolars tend to occur in continental...
- The voiced alveolar fricatives are consonantal sounds. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents these sounds depends on whether...
- alveolo-palatals and palatalized alveolars. Even in the case of sibilants, palato-alveolars are often described simply as "post-alveolars" or even as "palatals"...
- An alveolar macrophage, pulmonary macrophage, (or dust cell) is a type of macrophage, a professional phagocyte, found in the airways and at the level of...
- The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of fricative consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line)...
- The alveolar nerves or dental nerves include three superior alveolar nerves: the anterior superior alveolar nerve, middle superior alveolar nerve, and...
- The alveolar process (/ælˈviːələr, ˌælviˈoʊlər, ˈælviələr/) or alveolar bone is the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets on the jaw...