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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, such as talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, yelling...
- In humans, vocal cords, also known as vocal folds or voice reeds are folds of tissue in the throat that are key in creating sounds through vocalization...
- regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist (in jazz and...
- Vocal range is the range of pitches that a human voice can phonate. Its most common application is within the context of singing, where it is used as...
- The vocal fry register (also known as pulse register, laryngealization, pulse phonation, creak, croak, popcorning, glottal fry, glottal rattle, glottal...
- 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...
- The vocal tract is the cavity in human beings and in animals where the sound produced at the sound source (larynx in mammals; syrinx in birds) is filtered...
- Vocal weight refers to the perceived "lightness" or "heaviness" of a singing voice. This quality of the voice is one of the major determining factors...
- The vocal sac is the flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs. The purpose of the vocal sac is usually as an amplification of their mating...
- renowned vocal pedagogue and longtime professor of voice at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's school of church music, defines vocal resonance...
