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SONORITY
plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy
(noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sonority (countable and uncountable, plural sonorities)
The property of being sonorous.
(linguistics, phonetics) Relative loudness (of a speech sound); degree of being sonorous.
Source: Wiktionary
So*nor"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. sonoritas.]
Definition: The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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