close juncture

noun

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variants or close internal juncture

: a juncture between two consecutive sounds in speech of the kind found in a simplex word (as between \t\ and \r\ in the pronunciation of trait or nitrate or between \ī\ and \n\ in the pronunciation of mine or minus) compare open juncture, terminal juncture

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