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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Phonetics \Pho*net"ics\ (f[-o]*n[e^]t"[i^]ks), n.
   1. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the
      human voice; phonology.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written
      characters.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

phonetics
    n 1: the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes
         including its production and perception and acoustic
         analysis