voicing

Etymology 1

From voice + -ing.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of voice

Etymology 2

From voice + -ing.

noun

1. (music) The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
2. (music) A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
3. (phonetics) The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
4. (phonetics, phonology) A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.
5. (phonology) A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.