high pitch

Speech parts

1. high pitch - Noun

2. high pitch - Adjective

Meaning

a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches

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high-pitch

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6 This happened "in syllables with original high pitch" (Starostin et al. 2003:135). Source: Internet

For simplicity of input and display every syllable is symbolized as "a" here: ¹ "Proto-Mongolian has lost all traces of the original prosody except for voicing *p > *b in syllables with original high pitch" (Starostin et al. 2003:135). Source: Internet

Classical necromancers addressed the dead in "a mixture of high-pitch squeaking and low droning", comparable to the trance-state mutterings of shamans. Source: Internet

Like the locally inspired desert houses of another modern master, Albert Frey, Rudolph's Florida houses represent a distillation and reinterpretation of traditional architectural ideas developed to a high pitch of stylistic refinement. Source: Internet

Long and drawn-out barks at a high pitch, with pauses between each one: I'm alone and need company. Source: Internet

To maintain the emotion at a high pitch, they slowed up and slackened their dance, while their pricks, numbed by the fatigue of a long march, recklessly threatened and challenged each other behind a barricade of rough denim. Source: Internet

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