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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

attribute go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

property go
a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

sound property go
an attribute of sound

timber, quality, tone, timbre
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

noun.attribute

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harmonic go
any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
resonance go
the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
coloration, colouration, color, colour go
the timbre of a musical sound
nasality go
a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators
resonance, plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy go
having the character of a loud deep sound
shrillness, stridence, stridency go
having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
register go
(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments