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minimal pairs

minimal pairs is the plural of minimal pair.

Meaning of minimal pair

Noun

minimal pair (plural minimal pairs)

  1. A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.

Questions about minimal pairs

What is minimal pairs the plural of?
Minimal pairs is the plural of minimal pair.

Words near minimal pairs in the dictionary

  1. minimal ideal
  2. minimal ideals
  3. minimal media
  4. minimal medium
  5. minimal pair
  6. minimal pairs
  7. minimal polynomial
  8. minimal polynomials
  9. minimal prime
  10. minimal primes
  11. minimal recursion semantics

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