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visible speech
noun
, Phonetics.
- the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
- the system of handwritten phonetic symbols invented by Melville Bell in 1867 to provide a visually comprehensible rendition of speech sounds.
visible speech
noun
- a system of phonetic notation invented by Alexander Melville Bell (1819–1905) that utilized symbols based on the schematic representation of the articulations used for each speech sound
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Word History and Origins
Origin of visible speech1
First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences
In 1873 he accompanied his father to Montreal, in Canada, where he was employed in teaching the system of visible speech.
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This system of instruction is called "Bell's Visible Speech."
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He forgot his musical telegraph, his "Visible Speech," his classes, his poverty.
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He had been fascinated from boyhood by his father's system of "Visible Speech."
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