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tone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tonicity, tonus |
| Type of | tension, tensity, tautness, tenseness |
| Has types | hypertonicity, muscular tonus, muscle tone, hypotonus, hypotonicity, hypotonia, hypertonus, hypertonia, catatonia, myotonia |
| Derivation | tonic |
tone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | musical note, note |
| Type of | musical notation |
| Has types | blue note, passing note, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, subdominant, sixty-fourth note, keynote, leading tone, sixteenth note, shake, mediant, middle c, minim, monotone, semiquaver, semibreve, quaver, quarter note, pedal point, pedal, passing tone, chord, whole note, trill, crotchet, tonic, demisemiquaver, dominant, eighth note, grace note, half note, hemidemisemiquaver, thirty-second note, supertonic, subtonic, submediant |
| Derivation | tonic |
tone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quality, timber, timbre |
| Type of | sound property |
| Has types | coloration, resonance, shrillness, reverberance, sonorousness, sonority, harmonic, colouration, color, colour, vibrancy, nasality, stridence, stridency, ringing, register, plangency |
| Derivation | tonal |
the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | step, whole step, whole tone |
| Type of | musical interval, interval |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tone of voice |
| Type of | delivery, speech, manner of speaking |
| Has types | roundness, undertone, rotundity, note |
| Derivation | intonate |
he began in a conversational tone.
he spoke in a nervous tone of voice.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pure tone |
| Type of | auditory sensation, sound |
| Has types | harmonic |
| Derivation | tonal |
they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies.
tone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pitch |
| Derivation | intonate, tonal, tonic |
the Beijing dialect uses four tones.
tone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | quality |
the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw.
from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome.
Examples of tone
tone
A more navy tone on the walls keeps the room intimate without feeling too heavy.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Debate on the bill contrasted sharply with the overall tone of the 2011 session.
From the omaha.com
The tone in Congress contrasted with the atmospherics of the White House summit.
From the washingtontimes.com
That set the tone for good passing and moving without the ball for the Shockers.
From the kansas.com
It has laughs, but the tone is detached in what is basically a formulaic comedy.
From the kentucky.com
It's very spare, kind of WWF in tone, and it aligns very nicely with the images.
From the forbes.com
My training collar is capable of sending a warning tone or electric stimulation.
From the ocregister.com
After the association was formed, the mice froze every time the tone was played.
From the theepochtimes.com
I had a direct talk with her in a kind and gentle tone, but this made her angry.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- The quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
- Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
- (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
- Vary the pitch of one's speech
- Change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"
- Timbre: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
- Tonu00E9 is a town in the Fara Department of Balu00E9 Province in southern Burkina Faso. The town has a total population of 2,536.
- Tu00F4ne is a prefecture located in the Savanes Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Dapaong.
- Tone is the debut solo album of American rock bassist and Pearl Jam-member Jeff Ament, released September 16, 2008 on Monkeywrench Records. ...
