formant

[ fawr-muhnt ]

/ ˈfɔr mənt /

noun

Music. the range and number of partials present in a tone of a specific instrument, representing its timbre.

Acoustic Phonetics. one of the regions of concentration of energy, prominent on a sound spectrogram, that collectively constitute the frequency spectrum of a speech sound. The relative positioning of the first and second formants, whether periodic or aperiodic, as of the o of hope at approximately 500 and 900 cycles per second, is usually sufficient to distinguish a sound from all others.

Origin of formant

1900–05; <Latin formant- (stem of formāns), present participle of formāre to form; see -ant

Words nearby formant

formal system, formalwear, formamidase, Forman, form an opinion, formant, format, formate, formatio, formation, formation dance

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Example sentences from the Web for formant

L'attaque fut formée en colonnes par échelons de régiment, Bachelu formant les échelons les plus avancés.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)|John Holland Rose
"See the pretty Formant looking quite common next to her," said the first.
The Red and the Black|Stendhal

British Dictionary definitions for formant

formant

/ (ˈfɔːmənt) /

noun

acoustics phonetics any of several frequency ranges within which the partials of a sound, esp a vowel sound, are at their strongest, thus imparting to the sound its own special quality, tone colour, or timbre

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单词	formant
释义	formant [ fawr-muhnt ] / ˈfɔr mənt / noun Music. the range and number of partials present in a tone of a specific instrument, representing its timbre. Acoustic Phonetics. one of the regions of concentration of energy, prominent on a sound spectrogram, that collectively constitute the frequency spectrum of a speech sound. The relative positioning of the first and second formants, whether periodic or aperiodic, as of the o of hope at approximately 500 and 900 cycles per second, is usually sufficient to distinguish a sound from all others. Origin of formant 1900–05; <Latin formant- (stem of formāns), present participle of formāre to form; see -ant Words nearby formant formal system, formalwear, formamidase, Forman, form an opinion, formant, format, formate, formatio, formation, formation dance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for formant L'attaque fut formée en colonnes par échelons de régiment, Bachelu formant les échelons les plus avancés. The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)\|John Holland Rose "See the pretty Formant looking quite common next to her," said the first. The Red and the Black\|Stendhal British Dictionary definitions for formant formant / (ˈfɔːmənt) / noun acoustics phonetics any of several frequency ranges within which the partials of a sound, esp a vowel sound, are at their strongest, thus imparting to the sound its own special quality, tone colour, or timbre Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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