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What is the definition of "fricatives"?

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  1. a series of consonants characterized by frictional passage of the expired breath through a narrowing at some point in the vocal tract


  2. a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

    as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'
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