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near-minimal pairs

near-minimal pairs is the plural of near-minimal pair.

Meaning of near-minimal pair

Noun

near-minimal pair (plural near-minimal pairs)

  1. A pair of words differing by a few (but more than one) phonetic segments or suprasegments, used to suggest a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme may be valid.

Questions about near-minimal pairs

What is near-minimal pairs the plural of?
Near-minimal pairs is the plural of near-minimal pair.

Words near near-minimal pairs in the dictionary

  1. near-falls
  2. near-field
  3. near-fields
  4. near-hand
  5. near-minimal pair
  6. near-minimal pairs
  7. near-mint
  8. near-native
  9. near-natives
  10. near-rectilinear halo orbit
  11. near-rectilinear halo orbits

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