Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
983,219,140 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

approximant
(redirected from Approximants)

    Also found in: Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
ap·prox·i·mant  (-prks-mnt)
n.
A speech sound, such as a glide or liquid, produced by narrowing but not blocking the vocal tract, as by placing an articulator, such as the tongue, near another part of the vocal tract.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
No references found
 
Another technique exploits the known structures of periodic approximants to convert the structure determination of the related quasicrystals to the standard crystallographic structure refinement problem (29).
Quasicrystals by Cahn, John W. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.