Formant bandwidth

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On the whole, the amplification peaks are broad because not only one frequency is amplified, but a whole range of frequencies around the centre frequency. The bandwidth is defined as the frequency region in which the amplification differs less than 3 dB from the amplification at the centre frequency.
Also see: damping

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Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics