Phonation - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Phonation :  (noun)

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, vox]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Phonation : \Pho*na"tion\, n. [Gr. ? the voice.] The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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