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/voks" hyooh may"neuh, -mah"-, -man"euh/a pipe-organ stop designed to produce tones resembling those of the human voice.[1720-30; < L vox humana human voice]
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Vox humana — Vox Vox, n. [L. See {Voice}.] A voice. [1913 Webster] {Vox humana}[L., human voice] (Mus.), a reed stop in an organ, made to imitate the human voice. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Vox humana — The Vox Humana (Latin for human voice; also voix humaine in French and voce umana in Italian) is a short resonator reed stop on the pipe organ, so named because of its supposed resemblance to the human voice. As a rule, the stop is used with a… … Wikipedia
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vox humana — лат. [вокс хума/на] 1) человеческий голос 2) регистр органа см. также vox … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
Vox humana — (вокс хумбна, лат., букв. человеческий голос) регистр (гл. обр. 8 ) в старинных и совр. органах. Благодаря спец. устройству звук V. h. тремолирует, приближаясь по теплоте и выразительности к человеч. голосу … Музыкальная энциклопедия
vox humana — noun an organ stop having some resemblance to the human voice … Wiktionary
vox humana — [hju: mα:nə] noun an organ stop with a tone supposedly resembling the human voice. Origin C18: from L., lit. human voice … English new terms dictionary
vox humana — /vɒks hjuˈmanə/ (say voks hyooh mahnuh) noun an organ stop designed to produce tones resembling those of the human voice. {Latin: human voice} …
