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Rarecodas
The correct spelling is codas.
How to pronounce codas
noun
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The correct spelling is codas. A person born hearing to deaf parents. For example: "The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all."
Usage Examples
“The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A person born hearing to deaf parents.
- 2.A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
- 3.The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
- 4.In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
- 5.A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
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