sonant

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Dr. Gutheil cautions that no accurate explanation is apt to be simple: more likely in Hinckley's mind was a dis sonant snarl of emotions and delusions, which in concert led him to Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

It will of course use the widest variation possible in the matter of accents, lags, dynamic forms, and lengths of sonant and element depending on emphasis.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

Ebhardt's suggestion that there are two significant parts in each foot-element, viz., sonant and pause, does not seem good.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

Intensities.Average length of first 3 sonants.Length of last sonant.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

After enumerating some probable and reasonable annoyances, such as prudent owners would wish far removed from their bee-gardens, he adds … aut ubi concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat image.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert