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Dictionary of language and linguistics 12622 Sounds formed with the velaric airstream mechanism.velaric airstream mechanismmechanismairstreamvelarizationsecondary articulationvelumSoft, sail-shaped membrane attached to the hard palate that is used as a place ofarticulation in the formation of velar sounds.phoneticsReferencesveneticIndo-EuropeanVenn diagramRepresentational model for set-theoretical relations introduced in mathematical logic bythe English logician J.Venn (1834–1923). With the aid of overlapping circles (orellipses), relations between sets are illustrated. See the diagrams under set.