phonation

[ foh-ney-shuhn ]
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nounPhonetics.
  1. 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.

  2. (not in technical use) voice; vocalization.: Compare voice (defs. 15, 16).

Origin of phonation

1
First recorded in 1835–45; phon- + -ation

Other words from phonation

  • pho·na·to·ry [foh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈfoʊ nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

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How to use phonation in a sentence

  • The tonsils are phonatory or vocal organs and play an important part in the mechanism of speech and song.

    Valere Aude | Louis Dechmann