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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.
