eigentonen.
/ˈʌɪɡəntəʊn/ Acoustics.
A frequency at which acoustic resonance characteristically occurs in an enclosure.
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1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 283/1 Eigenperiod, eigenton, frequencies at which acoustic resonance is experienced in rectangular chambers, because of continued reflections between opposite walls.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iii. 57 The even harmonics of the eigentones—the basic resonances of the room—will be missing.
1968 N. Chomsky & M. Halle Sound Pattern Eng. 352 The feature of ‘proper pitch’ (Eigenton)..subsumes the phonetically quite different features of rounding and backness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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