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Definition of Glottises
1. glottis [n] - See also: glottis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glottises
Literary usage of Glottises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scientific Papers of Sir Charles Wheatstone by Charles Wheatstone (1879)
"... connected together by hinges, and in the interior of which the inventor had
disposed artificial glottises of different forms over stretched membranes. ..."
2. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"... whose " glottises' are above reproach, whose "larynxes" are unimpeachable,
and whose "Eustachian tubes" are in that highly satisfactory condition ..."
3. A Primer of Phonetics by Henry Sweet (1892)
"The two glottises can be narrowed or closed independently. The chords can also
be lengthened or shortened, tightened or relaxed in various degrees by means ..."
4. A Handbook of Phonetics by Henry Sweet (1877)
"The two glottises can be narrowed or closed independently. The chords can also
be lengthened or shortened, tightened or relaxed in various degrees by means ..."
5. Vocal Physiology: A Practical Treatise by Charles Alexander Guilmette (1877)
"... apertures, or glottises, so-called, favorably to the production of acute or
grave laryngeal sounds, which gradation constitutes barely one third the ..."
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