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pitchmeter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pitch + -meter.

Meanings

  1. A device, encompassing a clinometer, used for measuring the pitch of a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.
  2. A device used for measuring the pitch of sounds or human voice.
    • This consisted, in essence, of a tape recorder for playing model utterances, a pitchmeter to extract, in real time, the fundamental frequency (pitch) of the model utterances and that of the student and a computer for comparing the output of the student with that of the model. 1976 August, E. F. James, “The Acquisition of Prosodic Features of Speech Using a Speech Visualizer”, in International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, volume 14, number 3, →DOI, page 227:

Forms

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pitch meter alternative lexicographic
pitchmeters Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

pitchometer