Onset may refer to:
Music
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Onset (audio)
Onset refers to the beginning of a musical note or other sound. It is related to (but different from) the concept of a transient: all musical notes have an onset, but do not necessarily include an initial transient.
Onset detection
In signal pro ...
, the beginning of a musical note or sound
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Interonset interval
In music a time point or ''timepoint'' ( point in time) is "an instant, analogous to a geometrical point in space". Because it has no duration, it literally cannot be heard, but it may be used to represent "the point of initiation of a single pit ...
, a term in music
Phonetics and phonology
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Syllable onset
A syllable is a basic unit of organization within a sequence of speech sounds, such as within a word, typically defined by linguists as a ''nucleus'' (most often a vowel) with optional sounds before or after that nucleus (''margins'', which are ...
, a term in phonetics and phonology
Etc.
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Onset, Massachusetts, village in the United States
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Onset Island (Massachusetts), a small island located at the western end of the Cape Cod Canal
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The Onset
The Onset were an indie rock band formed in 1987 by Mike Badger after he left his former band the La's. Badger teamed up with locals Danny Dean on guitar, Hamish Cameron on piano and Colin Becket on drums. The first demo "Let's Go Home" can ...
, Liverpool indie rock group formed by Mike Badger of the La's
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''The Onset'' (album), a 2005 album by the band
*, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
*"Onset", a 2019 song by
Haiku Hands
See also
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Offset (disambiguation)
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