Formant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several frequency regions of relatively great intensity in a sound spectrum, which together determine the characteristic quality of a vowel sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In phonology, the name given by Hermann to “the tone of constant pitch for each vowel,—independent of the tone on which it is sung.”
  • Word Usage
    "'Pitch' 'formant'"amount of air flow 'to control the machine like a human laugh.""
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