Formant Definition

fôrmənt
noun
Any one of the group of frequencies characterizing a given vowel sound.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Formant

Noun

Singular:
formant
Plural:
formants

Origin of Formant

  • German from Latin fōrmāns fōrmant- present participle of fōrmāre to form from fōrma form

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Formant Sentence Examples

  • David Smith and Roy Patterson An analysis of Peterson and Barney's vowel formant data to investigate the evidence for scaling in human vowel formant data to investigate the evidence for scaling in human vowels.

  • This prevents duplicating a value when a neighboring segment sets a formant on the boundary.

  • The second formant is high, up near the third formant.

  • Finally, we offer a critique of the practice of vowel formant analysis, suggesting a new means of data normalization.

  • The formant structure of the nasal prototype has little effect on the nasal percept when it is preceded by a vowel.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

Words Ending With

TNTANT

Unscrambles

formant

Words Starting With F and Ending With T

Starts With F & Ends With TStarts With FO & Ends With TStarts With F & Ends With NT

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With F7 Letter Words Ending With T