vocalization

3 definitions found

vocalization - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vocalization \Vo`cal*i*za"tion\, n.
     1. The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.
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     2. The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
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vocalization - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vocalization
      n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by
           the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care
           of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
           [syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism,
           phonation, vox]
      2: the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn:
         utterance, vocalization]

vocalization - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "vocalization":
     articulation, attack, bel canto, bravura, choral singing,
     coloratura, croon, crooning, delivery, diction, enunciation,
     folk singing, hum, humming, intonation, lyricism, mouth, mouthing,
     operatic singing, phonation, pronunciation, scat, scat singing,
     singing, sol-fa, sol-fa exercise, solfeggio, solmization, song,
     sounding, speaking, speech, tonic sol-fa, utterance, verbalization,
     vocal music, voice, voicing, warbling, yodel, yodeling