formant
A band of frequencies in a sound spectrum that have greater intensity and determine…A band of frequencies in a sound spectrum that have greater intensity and determine the quality of a sound, especially the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract that determine the quality of vowels and sonorant consonants.
Meaning
1 sensesA band of frequencies in a sound spectrum that have greater intensity and determine the quality of a sound, especially the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract that determine the quality of vowels and sonorant consonants.
Formant
формантаformanta
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from German Formant, from Latin fōrmāns (“shaping; forming; fashioning”), presentBorrowed from German Formant, from Latin fōrmāns (“shaping; forming; fashioning”), present participle of fōrmō (“to shape; to form; to fashion”). Doublet of formans.
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