egressive

  1. Adjective.  Going or directed outward.
  2. Adjective.  (phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
  3. Adjective.  (geology) descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.
  4. Noun.  (phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

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