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(Acoustics, phonetics) Any of several frequency ranges within which the partials of a sound, esp a vowel sound, are at their strongest, thus imparting to the sound its own special quality, tone colour, or timbre

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  • Deux pastilles se rejoignent entre elles en formant une sorte de rail ....
  • 'Pitch' 'formant'"amount of air flow 'to control the machine like a human laugh."
  • You claim all this experience, but your campaign chose to copy Obama ` s logo and design formant.
  • The friend had also overheard the man say he had disposed of the handgun used in the crime, according to the in - formant.
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