Definition of "formant" [formant]

• Any of several frequency regions of relatively great intensity in a sound spectrum, which together determine the characteristic quality of a vowel sound. (noun)

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• "'Pitch' 'formant'"amount of air flow 'to control the machine like a human laugh.""
• "La principal característica de la biblioteca serà la configuració i distribució dels prestatges, en forma de muntanya, formant terrasses internes."
• "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."