Associations to the word «Formant»

Wiktionary

FORMANT, noun. (physics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.
FORMANT, noun. (linguistics) a morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope