Vocal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vocal \Vo"cal\ (v[=o]"kal), a. [L. vocalis, fr. vox, vocis,
     voice: cf. F. vocal. See {Voice}, and cf. {Vowel}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice;
        endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
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              To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade,
              Made vocal by my song.                --Milton.
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     2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody;
        vocal prayer. "Vocal worship." --Milton.
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     3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken
        with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; --
        said of certain articulate sounds.
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     4. (Phon.)
        (a) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone
            produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either
            by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by
            obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as
            v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng;
            sonant; intonated; voiced. See {Voice}, and {Vowel},
            also Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 199-202.
        (b) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a
            vowel; vowel.
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     {Vocal cords} or {Vocal chords}. n. pl. (Anat.) The two pairs
        of mucous membranes that project into the larynx, and
        which produce the sounds of speech by vibrating under the
        influence of air exhaled from the lungs. See {Larynx}, and
        the Note under {Voice}, n., 1.
  
     {Vocal fremitus} [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring]
        (Med.), the perceptible vibration of the chest wall,
        produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations
        during the act of using the voice.
  
     {Vocal music}, music made by the voice, in distinction from
        {instrumental music}; hence, music or tunes set to words,
        to be performed by the human voice.
  
     {Vocal tube} (Anat.), the part of the air passages above the
        inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages
        through the nose and mouth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vocal \Vo"cal\ (v[=o]"kal), n. [Cf. F. vocal, LL. vocalis.]
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     1. (Phon.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal
        element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel
        or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished
        from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
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     2. (R. C. Ch.) A man who has a right to vote in certain
        elections.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vocal
       adj 1: relating to or designed for or using the singing voice;
              "vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized
              a vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant: {instrumental}]
       2: having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal
          organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"
       3: using the voice in song; "vocal music" [syn: {sung}]
       4: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently;
          "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal
          assembly" [syn: {outspoken}]
       5: using the voice in speech; "vocal communication"; "either
          silent or vocal prayers"; "vocal noises" [syn: {spoken}]
       6: full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the
          shouts and laughter of children"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "vocal":
     alto, articulate, articulated, baritone, bass, bravura, choral,
     choric, coloratura, dramatic, eloquent, enunciated, expressed,
     expressive, falsetto, fluent, free, free-spoken, heroic, hymnal,
     intonated, lingual, linguistic, liturgical, lyric, nuncupative,
     operatic, oral, outspoken, parol, pronounced, psalmic, psalmodial,
     psalmodic, round, sacred, said, singing, smooth-spoken, sonant,
     soprano, sounded, speech, spoken, stentorian, tenor, treble,
     unwritten, uttered, venting, verbal, viva voce, vocalized, voiced,
     voiceful, voicing, vowel, vowellike