acoustic feature

American  

noun

Phonetics.

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, especially in distinctive feature analysis, as acute, grave, or diffuse.

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acoustic feature British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Timbre is a complex acoustic feature that helps us distinguish the unique flavors of sounds around us.

From Washington Post

They are not responsible for any specific sound or acoustic feature of sounds except, possibly, accent or stress.

From Project Gutenberg