Meaning of echeme | Babel Free

Definitions

A unit of sound produced by insects that can be broken down into multiple physically more basic sound units (syllables).

Examples

“This new term, then, is echeme, defined as: a first-order assemblage of syllables.”

“The general pattern of the low-frequency sweep is repeated in each echeme and does not appear to change as the insect matures[…].”

“[T]he echemes of yersini have a uniform sound, lacking the 'metallic' unevenness characteristic of the echeme-sequences of biguttulus.”

“In sunlight, echemes are shorter, but echeme intervals are longer.”

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