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so⋅nor⋅i⋅ty

  [suh-nawr-i-tee, -nor-]
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–noun, plural -ties.
the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
Origin:
1515–25; < ML sonōritās < LL: melodiousness, equiv. to L sonōr(us) (see sonorous ) + -itās -ity
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so·nor·i·ty   (sə-nôr'ĭ-tē, -nŏr'-)   
n.   pl. so·nor·i·ties
  1. The quality or state of being sonorous; resonance.
  2. A sound.
  3. Linguistics The degree to which a speech sound is like a vowel. Plosives have the least sonority and vowels have the most.
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Sonority

So*nor"i*ty\, n. [L. sonoritas.] The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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