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Webster 1913 Edition

Velar

Ve′lar

,

Adj.

[See

.]

1.

Of or pertaining to a velum; esp.

(Anat.)

of or pertaining to the soft palate.

2.

(Phon.)

Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural;

as, the

velar

consonants, such as k and hard g

.