n. A concentration of acoustic energy within a particular frequency band, especially in speech. Any given configuration of the vocal tract produces resonance, and hence formants, in certain frequency ranges. During the articulation of a vowel, these...

n. (also F2) The second-lowest of the formants visible in a sound spectrogram, typically lying between about 800 Hz and 2,400 Hz. The second formant of a vowel is particularly sensitive to the place of articulation of a neighbouring consonant, and its...

(from Latin, formare: to form) Speech sounds, especially the sounds of vowels, display peaks in spectral energy at particular sound frequencies: these are known as formant frequencies. See also: auditory perception; speech perception; speech...

n. (also F3) The third of the formants visible in a sound spectrogram, typically lying above 2,000...

A formant is a peak in an acoustic frequency spectrum which results from the resonant frequencies of any acoustic system. It is most commonly used in phonetics or acoustics involving the resonant frequencies of vocal tracts or musical instruments....