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a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century

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  1. n. a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century
  2. n. spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically
  3. A system of characters invented by Prof. Alexander Melville Bell to represent all sounds that may be uttered by the speech organs, and intended to be suggestive of the position of the organs of speech in uttering them.
  4. A system of characters invented by Prof. Alexander MelvilleBell to represent all sounds that may be uttered by the speechorgans, and intended to be suggestive of the position of the organsof speech in uttering them.