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for·mant  (fôrmnt)
n.
Any of several frequency regions of relatively great intensity in a sound spectrum, which together determine the characteristic quality of a vowel sound.
[German, from Latin frmns, frmant-, present participle of frmre, to form, from frma, form.]


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