| Lemma | musical tone |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Hockett (1958) |
| Titolo | A Course in Modern Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | >< noise (inglese) |
| Rinvii | intensity (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | When the vibrations are regularly spaced in time, we hear a musical tone of a definite pitch: the more rapid the vibrations (the higher the ‘frequency’), the higher the pitch. [...] When the vibrations are irregularly spaced in time, we hear not a musical tone but a “noise”. |