Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several frequency regions of relatively great intensity in a sound spectrum, which together determine the characteristic quality of a vowel sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.”
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics A
band offrequencies , in asound spectrum , that have a greaterintensity ; they determine thequality of a sound; especially thecharacteristic sounds of theconsonants .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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'Pitch' 'formant'"amount of air flow 'to control the machine like a human laugh."
Boing Boing 2009
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La principal característica de la biblioteca serà la configuració i distribució dels prestatges, en forma de muntanya, formant terrasses internes.
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You claim all this experience, but your campaign chose to copy Obama ` s logo and design formant.
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A graphic demonstration of the research of Dale Purves et al in the diatonic formant components in human vowel sounds; the reason the audience can intuitively follow the pentatonic scale is because they use this discernment every time they use a vowel.
World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale on Vimeo 2010
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T in regular theater, I saw Avatar in regular formant, then I saw it in 3-D and it sucked in 3-D, and it still felt like an animated movie when Jake was with the Na'vi only, but I wasn't annoyed by that, now Clash is still on my list of movie's to see.
Clash of the Titans Will Be 3-D After All, Release Pushed Back « FirstShowing.net 2010
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Pattern datatype, I can also use patterns for different aspects of a rhythm, my recent screencasts [1,2] showing concurrent patterning of samples, vowel formant filtering, sample playback speed and a [...] josiano says:
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Pattern datatype, I can also use patterns for different aspects of a rhythm, my recent screencasts [1,2] showing concurrent patterning of samples, vowel formant filtering, sample playback speed and a [...] josiano says:
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The friend had also overheard the man say he had disposed of the handgun used in the crime, according to the in - formant.
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If the word is attributable to PIE, it would be *h2elu-t-, created with a noun formant *-t- attached to the aforementioned adjectival root *h2elu- "bitter".
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La couleur est d'un rouge violet lie de vin, tirant sur celle de fleurs de pêche, lorsqu'elle est peu intense; on le trouve quelquefois en aiguilles divergentes, partant d'une centre commun, et formant de jolies rosettes à la surface de la gangue.
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