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Pitch contour — In linguistics, speech synthesis, and music, the pitch contour of a sound is a function or curve that tracks the perceived pitch of the sound over time. Pitch contour may include multiple sounds utilizing many pitches, and can relate to frequency … Wikipedia
Contour — may refer to: an outline or silhouette a contour line on a contour map, or the corresponding line on the ground or sea bed Contour (linguistics), a phonetic sound Pitch contour (music), a melody shape Contour (camera system), a 3D digital camera… … Wikipedia
Pitch accent — is a linguistic term of convenience for a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to… … Wikipedia
Contour (linguistics) — In phonetics, contour describes speech sounds which behave as single segments, but which make an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another. These sounds may be tones, vowels, or consonants. Many tone languages have contour … Wikipedia
contour — /kon toor/, n. 1. the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object. 2. See contour line. 3. Phonet. a distinctive pattern of changes in pitch, stress, or tone extending across all or part of an utterance … Universalium
contour — con•tour [[t]ˈkɒn tʊər[/t]] n. 1) cvb the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object 2) geo sur contour line 3) phn a distinctive pattern of changes in pitch, stress, or tone extending across all or… … From formal English to slang
contour — noun 1》 an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something. ↘(also contour line) a line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level. ↘a line joining points on a diagram at which some… … English new terms dictionary
contour language — noun a tone language that uses pitch changes (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑tone language, ↑tonal language … Useful english dictionary
Tone contour — A tone contour is a tone in a tonal language which shifts from one pitch to another over the course of the syllable or word. Tone contours are especially common in East and Southeast Asia, but occur elsewhere, such as the Kru languages of Liberia … Wikipedia
Absolute pitch — (AP), widely referred to as perfect pitch, is the ability of a person to identify or recreate a musical note without the benefit of a known reference.DefinitionAbsolute pitch, or perfect pitch, is the ability to identify the frequency or musical… … Wikipedia
