acoustic feature

noun Phonetics.

any acoustic property of a speech sound that may be recorded and analyzed, as its fundamental frequency or formant structure.

an acoustic property that defines a class of speech sounds, especially in distinctive feature analysis, as acute, grave, or diffuse.

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acoustic feature

—n
	phonetics any of the acoustic components or elements present in a speech sound and capable of being experimentally observed, recorded, and reproduced

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