unvoiced
IPA: ʌnvˈɔɪst
adjective
- Not spoken or expressed.
- (linguistics) Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords.
- (signal processing, of a signal) That does not contain voice.
- (Internet) Of an IRC user: not granted voice privileges.
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Examples of "unvoiced" in Sentences
- It is an unvoiced velar fricative.
- There are voiced and unvoiced ones.
- It's an unvoiced lateral alveolar click.
- The unvoiced stops are regularly aspirated.
- The unvoiced stops are typically aspirated.
- In speech, there are voiced and unvoiced sounds.
- For the moment, it can be taken as equivalent to a set of rules whose effect is to replace any segment that is classified as an obstruent by its unvoiced equivalent before the boundary symbol that marks the end of a word.