head voice

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. See head register.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In singing, that method of using the voice, or that portion of the singer's compass, which tends to produce head-tones.

Wiktionary

1. n. phonology a kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Phon.) a kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head