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tonotopic

tonotopic adjective: having the quality of being spatially organized by tone or frequency.

Adjective

tonotopic (not comparable)

  1. Having the quality of being spatially organized by tone or frequency.
  2. Occupying a space dependent on frequency.
  3. Having an orientation dependent on a frequency.

Origin of tonotopic

From tono- + -topic.

Words formed from tonotopic

Words that rhyme with tonotopic

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Questions about tonotopic

What does tonotopic mean?
Tonotopic means having the quality of being spatially organized by tone or frequency.
What part of speech is tonotopic?
Tonotopic is an adjective.

Words near tonotopic in the dictionary

  1. tonoplasts
  2. tonos
  3. tonoscope
  4. tonoscopes
  5. tonotaxis
  6. tonotopic
  7. tonotopical
  8. tonotopically
  9. tonotopicity
  10. tonotopy
  11. tonous

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