mel
/mɛl/Acoustics
noun
A unit of subjective pitch, on a scale that is proportional to the pitch of a sound, the pitch of a note of frequency 1000 Hz being equal to 1000 mels.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Stanley Smith Stevens (1906–1973). Shortened from melody.
- restive
- restively
- restiveness
- rest (lay) on one's oars
- restless
- restless cavy
- restless flycatcher
- restless legs
- restless legs syndrome
- restlessly
- restlessness
- rest level
- rest mass
- resto
- restobar
- restock
- Reston
- rest one's case
- rest on one's laurels
- restorable
- restoral
- restoration
- Restoration comedy
- Restoration Day
- restoration ecology