Meaning of TIMBRE
| Pronunciation: | | 'tambur
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| | Definition: | | [n] the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" |
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| | Synonyms: | | quality, timber, tone |
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| | See Also: | | color, coloration, colour, colouration, fullness, harshness, mellowness, nasality, plangency, register, resonance, reverberance, richness, ringing, roughness, shrillness, sonority, sonorousness, sound property, stridence, stridency, vibrancy | |
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\Tim"bre\, n.
See 1st {Timber}.
\Tim"bre\, n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer,
sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. {Timbrel}.]
1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms.
2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or
instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the
voice; the timbre of a violin. See {Tone}, and {Partial
tones}, under {Partial}.
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