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Definition of: continuant
(kən·tin′y
·ənt) noun Phonet.
A consonant whose sound may be prolonged on a single breath without a change in quality, as the fricatives (f) and (s) : opposed to stop. [<L continuans, -antis, ppr. of continuare. See CONTINUE.]
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