Pitchmeter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device, encompassing a clinometer, used for measuring the pitch of a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.
  2. 2
    A device used for measuring the pitch of sounds or human voice.

    "This consisted, in essence, of a tape recorder for playing model utterances, a pitchmeter to extract, in real time, the fundamental frequency (pitch) of the model utterances and that of the student and a computer for comparing the output of the student with that of the model."

Synonyms

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pitchometer

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"This consisted, in essence, of a tape recorder for playing model utterances, a pitchmeter to extract, in real time, the fundamental frequency (pitch) of the model utterances and that of the student and a computer for comparing the output of the student with that of the model."

Etymology

From pitch + -meter.

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