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VocalVocal Vo"cal, a. [L. vocalis, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F.
vocal. See Voice, and cf. Vowel.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice;
endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made
vocal by my song. --Milton.
2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody;
vocal prayer. ``Vocal worship.' --Milton.
3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, ?poken
with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; --
said of certain articulate sounds.
4. (Phon.)
(a) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone
produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either
by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by
obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as
v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng;
sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel,
also Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 199-202.
(b) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a
vowel; vowel.
Vocal cords or chords. (Anat.) See Larynx, and the Note
under Voice, n., 1.
Vocal fremitus [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring]
(Med.), the perceptible vibration of the chest wall,
produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations
during the act of using the voice.
Vocal music, music made by the voice, in distinction from
instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words,
to be performed by the human voice.
Vocal tube (Anat.), the part of the air passages above the
inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages
through the nose and mouth. Vocal
Vocal Vo"cal, n. [Cf. F. vocal, LL. vocalis.]
1. (Phon.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal
element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel
or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished
from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A man who has a right to vote in certain
elections.
Meaning of VOCAL from wikipedia
- The
human voice consists of
sound made by a
human being using the
vocal tract,
including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming...
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Vocal range is the
range of
pitches that a
human voice can phonate. A
common application is
within the
context of singing,
where it is used as a defining...
- The
vocal sac is the
flexible membrane of skin
possessed by most male
frogs and toads. The
purpose of the
vocal sac is
usually as an
amplification of...
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Vocal music is a type of
singing performed by one or more singers,
either with
instrumental accompaniment, or
without instrumental accompaniment (a cappella)...
- the
vocal cords, also
known as
vocal folds, are
folds of
throat tissues that are key in
creating sounds through vocalization. The
length of the
vocal cords...
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qualities include but are not
limited to
vocal range,
vocal weight,
vocal tessitura,
vocal timbre, and
vocal transition points such as
breaks and lifts...
- The
vocal tract is the
cavity in
human bodies and in
animals where the
sound produced at the
sound source (larynx in mammals;
syrinx in birds) is filtered...
- A
backing vocalist is a
singer who
provides vocal harmony with the lead
vocalist or
other backing vocalists. A
backing vocalist may also sing
alone as...
- A
vocal register is a
range of
tones in the
human voice produced by a
particular vibratory pattern of the
vocal folds.
These registers include modal voice...
- A
scratch vocal or
guide vocal is an
audio recording made
without the
intention of
keeping it. The
recording is
intended for
reference only. [citation...
