tone
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~ the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"
tone ending
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~ (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
tone
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~ a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
tone
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~ the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
tone
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~ (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
tone
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~ the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "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"
tone arm
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~ mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
tone
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~ a musical interval of two semitones
tone
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~ the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
tone
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~ a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
tone poem
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~ an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales
tone deafness
— Noun
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~ an inability to distinguish differences in pitch
tone language
— Noun
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~ a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings
tone system
— Noun
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~ the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language