Definition of Glottises

1. Noun. (plural of glottis) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glottises

1. glottis [n] - See also: glottis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glottises

glottalizations
glottalize
glottalized
glottalizes
glottalizing
glottals
glottic
glottidean
glottides
glottidospasm
glottis
glottis respiratoria
glottis spuria
glottis vera
glottis vocalis
glottises (current term)
glottitis
glottochronological
glottochronologically
glottochronologist
glottochronologists
glottochronology
glottogenesis
glottogenetic
glottogony
glottographic
glottological
glottologist
glottologists
glottology

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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