Definition of voice

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Voice (n.) The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice..

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Canon :: Canon (n.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation..
Phonetic :: Phonetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use..
Ad Valorem :: Ad valorem () A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent..
Pectoriloquy :: Pectoriloquy (n.) The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity..
Vocal :: Vocal (a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202..
Canting :: Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone..
Falsetto :: Falsetto (n.) A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice..
Chant :: Chant (v. i.) To make melody with the voice; to sing.
Chanticleer :: Chanticleer (n.) A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing..
Voice :: Voice (v. t.) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ..
Mutter :: Mutter (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl..
Voiced :: Voiced (a.) Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed.
Hautein :: Hautein (a.) High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds.
Voice :: Voice (n.) Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
Call :: Call (v. t.) To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company..
Bronchophony :: Bronchophony (n.) A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease..
Baritone :: Baritone (n.) A person having a voice of such range.
Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb..
Whisper :: Whisper (n.) A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, //
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