acoustic feature: Meaning and Definition of

acous'tic fea'ture

Pronunciation: [key]
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  1. any acoustic property of a speech sound that may be recorded and analyzed, as its fundamental frequency or formant structure.
  2. an acoustic property that defines a class of speech sounds, esp. in distinctive feature analysis, as acute, grave, or diffuse.
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