formant
formant
Definition
for·mant (fôr′mənt)
noun
Phonet. any one of the group of frequencies characterizing a given vowel sound
Etymology: Ger < L formans (gen. formantis), prp. of formare, form
formant
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- vowel: A study of the formants of the pure vowels of British English Written by J. C. Wells contains information, diagrams and tables.
Converse of object
- leave: Different pitches are derived by shifting the fundamental and overtones while leaving the vowel formants relatively untouched.
- set: This prevents duplicating a value when a neighboring segment sets a formant on the boundary.
Adjective modifier
- second: The second formant is high, up near the third formant.
- low: The frequency of F4 generally shows larger and more stable effects than lower formants.
- non-simultaneous: It is concluded that this " continuity illusion " helped the auditory system to combine information from physically non-simultaneous formants.
- third: The second formant is high, up near the third formant.
Modifies a noun
- synthesis: Also, some formant synthesis techniques are still useful.
- frequency: For Part 2: to date, could, might, be, it All formant frequencies were measured separately.
- transition: Stop consonants followed by vowels: importance of formant frequency transitions.
- estimation: A fast method of speaker normalization using formant estimation.
- estimate: How can I get a set of formant estimates?
- analysis: Finally, we offer a critique of the practice of vowel formant analysis, suggesting a new means of data normalization.
Noun used with modifier
- vowel: Finally, we offer a critique of the practice of vowel formant analysis, suggesting a new means of data normalization.
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