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phonations

phonations is the plural of phonation.

Meaning of phonation

Noun

phonation (countable and uncountable, plural phonations)

  1. The process of producing vocal sound by the vibration of the vocal folds that is in turn modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
    • Phonation. The voice is produced when the closed, taut vocal folds in the position of phonation are opened and made to vibrate by an air stream expelled from the lungs, causing sound waves to be produced. The volume of sound depends on the force of the air stream, and the pitch is determined by the...1993, Werner Kahle, Helmut Leonhardt, Werner Platzer, Color Atlas and Textbook of Human Anatomy, Vol. 2: Internal Organs, 4th rev. edition, Stuttgart; New York, N.Y.: Thieme Medical Publishers...
    Synonyms:
    voice quality

Questions about phonations

What is phonations the plural of?
Phonations is the plural of phonation.

Words near phonations in the dictionary

  1. phonated
  2. phonates
  3. phonating
  4. phonation
  5. phonational
  6. phonations
  7. phonatome
  8. phonatomes
  9. phonatory
  10. phonautogram
  11. phonautograms

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