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sonority::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, vibrancy |
| Type of | quality, timber, timbre, tone |
| Derivation | sonorous |
Examples of sonority
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To McKellar, the enduring appeal of both is that they create their own sonority.
From the sltrib.com
He was, instead, referring to the sonority and depth of tone in Morrow's prose.
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Everything is entirely tonal, the harmony stable, the sonority rich and satisfying.
From the guardian.co.uk
The rich orchestration and transcendent choir provided sonority and serenity.
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Everything he wrote was rooted in the rhythms and sonority of Irish speech.
From the economist.com
He appreciated very much the sonority and the music of the Telugu language.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the sonority hierarchy, all sounds higher than fricatives are sonorants.
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The name Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has about it the deep sonority of history.
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In other words, the sonority has to fall toward both edges of the root.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Plangency: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- (Sonorities) A sonority hierarchy or sonority scale is a ranking of speech sounds (or phones) by amplitude. For example, if you say the vowel [a], you will produce much louder sound than if you say the plosive [t]. ...
- The property of being sonorous
- A sound complex, consisting of a combination of sounds.
- 1. In discussions of 20th-century music, a sound defined by some combination of timbres or registers, especially one that plays a significant role in a work. 2. The tonal quality produced by a performer on an instrument. 3. Simultaneity.
- High-soundedness; resonance
