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Timbre

Timbre Meaning & Definition
Timbre Definition And Meaning

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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