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Webster 1913 Edition


Sonority

So-nor′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
sonoritas
.]
The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

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sonority

sonority

English

Noun

sonority (countable and uncountable, plural sonorities)

  1. The property of being sonorous.
    • 1979, High Fidelity Musical America (volume 29, issue 2, page 127)
      Another quality that bothers me is Brendel's inconsistent sonority. The treble is hard and pingy; the midrange is weighed down with a booming bass.