acoustic features

[/əˈkuːstɪk ˈfiːtʃərz/]
nounpl: acoustic features
características acústicas
1. Physical properties of sound that can be measured and analyzed, such as frequency, amplitude, duration, and timbre
The acoustic features of the recording revealed background noise that wasn't immediately apparent.
As características acústicas da gravação revelaram ruído de fundo que não era imediatamente aparente.
2. In linguistics and speech analysis, the measurable properties of speech sounds including pitch, formants, intensity, and spectral characteristics
Researchers analyzed the acoustic features to distinguish between different phonemes in the language.
Os pesquisadores analisaram as características acústicas para distinguir entre diferentes fonemas da língua.
3. In machine learning and audio processing, numerical parameters extracted from audio signals used for classification or pattern recognition
The algorithm extracted acoustic features from the music to identify the genre automatically.
O algoritmo extraiu características acústicas da música para identificar o gênero automaticamente.
This is primarily technical terminology used in linguistics, audio engineering, and machine learning fields. The term is consistent across English-speaking and Portuguese-speaking academic and professional communities. In Brazil, it's commonly used in university research programs focusing on speech processing and audio analysis.
Synonyms / Sinônimos
acoustic propertiessound characteristicsacoustic parametersspectral features

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
características acústicas
Standard term used in technical and academic contexts
Portugal
características acústicas
Same as Brazilian Portuguese; standard in scientific literature
Technical/Academic Brazil
traços acústicos
Alternative technical term used in linguistics and audio engineering

Related Words

frequencyamplitudetimbrepitchphoneticsspectral analysisaudio processingsound wave
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