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Complementary distribution

noun
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other

Synonyms

diphonehomorganiccomplementary antonymcomplementarityminimal pairnoncomplementarityhomologuemetaphoneallotonecomplementaryallophonyconspiracy

Antonyms

contrastive distributionfree variation
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