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pitch contour

DEFINITIONS OF: pitch contour

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n rise and fall of the voice pitch

Synonyms:
intonation, modulation
Types:
intonation pattern
intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements
drone, droning, monotone
an unchanging intonation
singsong
a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
Type of:
inflection, prosody
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
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