About The Word Timbre
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Timbre
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What's The Definition Of Timbre?
[n] the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Timbre: quality | timber | tone Related Terms | Find terms related to Timbre: See Also | color | coloration | colour | colouration | fullness | harshness | mellowness | nasality | plangency | register | resonance | reverberance | richness | ringing | roughness | shrillness | sonority | sonorousness | sound property | stridence | stridency | vibrancy Timbre In Webster's Dictionary \Tim"bre\, n.
See 1st {Timber}.
\Tim"bre\, n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. {Timbrel}.] 1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms. 2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See {Tone}, and {Partial tones}, under {Partial}. |
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