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Vocal - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Vocal : adj
1: relating to or designed for or using the singing voice;
"vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized
a vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant: instrumental]
2: having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal
organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"
3: using the voice in song; "vocal music" [syn: sung]
4: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently;
"outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal
assembly" [syn: outspoken]
5: using the voice in speech; "vocal communication"; "either
silent or vocal prayers"; "vocal noises" [syn: spoken]
6: full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the
shouts and laughter of children"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Vocal : \Vo"cal\, a. [L. vocalis, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F.
vocal. See Voice, and cf. Vowel.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice;
endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made
vocal by my song. --Milton.
2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody;
vocal prayer. ``Vocal worship.'' --Milton.
3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, ?poken
with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; --
said of certain articulate sounds.
4. (Phon.)
(a) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone
produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either
by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by
obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as
v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng;
sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel,
also Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 199-202.
(b) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a
vowel; vowel.
Vocal cords or chords. (Anat.) See Larynx, and the Note
under Voice, n., 1.
Vocal fremitus [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring]
(Med.), the perceptible vibration of the chest wall,
produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations
during the act of using the voice.
Vocal music, music made by the voice, in distinction from
instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words,
to be performed by the human voice.
Vocal tube (Anat.), the part of the air passages above the
inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages
through the nose and mouth.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Vocal : \Vo"cal\, n. [Cf. F. vocal, LL. vocalis.]
1. (Phon.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal
element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel
or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished
from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A man who has a right to vote in certain
elections.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Vocal |
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MylesBristowe: #omgfacts GIRAFFES have no Vocal cords and communicate by vibrating the air around their necks |
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elbetoco: Por cierto, mi señor compañero de piso, @diegonavarro, es desde ayer Vocal de @juventudaragon :) ¡ENHORABUENA! |
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x_nikki_xx: Epic production today...stretched the Vocal chords and slutted my self up for Sandy!! :D twas great fun |
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