timbre
IPA: tˈɪmbɝ
noun
- The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
- The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch.
- (heraldry, uncommon) The crest on a (helmet atop a) coat of arms.
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Examples of "timbre" in Sentences
- Human words, not a howl, but the timbre was the same.
- I think it is what they call the timbre that is different.
- Music is niocely mathematical, both in timbre, chords, and the time series used.
- The orchestra played the pulsing chords elegantly, with electronic synthesizer touches recalling the timbre of a glass harmonica.
- "I don't have an effing thing to say about the occasion," grumbled Simmons, in his signature timbre, which is akin to whooshing gravel across a metal flatbed.
- On her debut, the aptly-titled Solo (released through Interscope Digital Distribution), increasingly accomplished songwriting connects through her emotive, lithe-yet-lived-in timbre.
- The timbre is the authoritative essence of Theatrical Knight, one that lent RSC gravitas to Stewart's reign as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men franchise, before he left Hollywood seven years ago to kickstart a late-flourishing classical-theatre phase.
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