phonation
[foh-ney-shuh n]
noun Phonetics.
rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
(not in technical use) voice; vocalization.Compare voice(defs 15, 16).
Origin of phonation
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voicing, articulation, elocution, vocalization, pronunciation, utterance, fluency, phraseology, phonationExamples from the Web for phonation
Historical Examples of phonation
He has also a tic of phonation dating back to his fifteenth year.
Tics and Their TreatmentHenry Meigne
Tics of phonation are often superadded to the gesticulations of variable chorea.
Tics and Their TreatmentHenry Meigne
Phonation and respiration are implicated as well as articulation.
Tics and Their TreatmentHenry Meigne
But the vocal cords are wedded in phonation, and by their attrition the node is formed.
The VoiceFrank E. Miller
The whole larynx, so far as phonation is concerned, may be said to exist for the true vocal bands.
Voice Production in Singing and SpeakingWesley Mills
phonation
[fō-nā′shən]
n.
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