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Topics referred to by the same term
Set The Tone may also refer to: Set the Tone (Nate James album), 2005 Set the Tone (Ghostface Killah album), 2024 Set the Tone (band), a Scottish electronic
Set_the_Tone
American electronic music duo
Tone Set was an American synth-pop duo formed by musicians Galen Herod and Greg Horn in 1981 from Tempe, Arizona, who first met each other by working at
Tone_Set
2024 studio album by Ghostface Killah
Set the Tone (Guns & Roses) is the twelfth studio album by American rapper Ghostface Killah. It was released on May 10, 2024, through Mass Appeal Records
Set_the_Tone_(Guns_&_Roses)
Sequence of all twelve chromatic tones
In music, a tone row or note row (German: Reihe or Tonreihe), also series or set, is a non-repetitive ordering of a set of pitch-classes, typically of
Tone_row
In music, an all-interval twelve-tone row, series, or chord, is a twelve-tone tone row arranged so that it contains one instance of each interval within
All-interval_twelve-tone_row
Scottish electronic dance group
Set the Tone were a Scottish electronic music group, formed by Kenny Hyslop, Bobby Paterson, Chris Morgan and Evelyn Asiedu. Hyslop had been a former member
Set_the_Tone_(band)
Use of pitch to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning
chiefly on the tone of the preceding syllable. These tones combine with a syllable such as ma to produce different words. A minimal set based on ma are
Tone_(linguistics)
Musical tuning system of 24 tones per octave
Arab tone system, or system of musical tuning, is based upon the theoretical division of the octave into twenty-four equal divisions or 24-tone equal
Arab_tone_system
Irish revolutionary figure (1763–1798)
Theobald Wolfe Tone (Irish: Bhulbh Teón; 20 June 1763 – 19 November 1798), posthumously known as Wolfe Tone, was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence
Wolfe_Tone
Musical composition method
playing these files? See media help. The twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is
Twelve-tone_technique
American soul/R&B band from Oakland, California
Tony! Toni! Toné! was an American R&B/soul band from Oakland, California. During the band's heyday from the late 1980s to mid-1990s, it was composed of
Tony!_Toni!_Toné!
Telecommunication signaling system
Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signaling is a telecommunication signaling system using the voice-frequency band over telephone lines between telephone
DTMF_signaling
1981 single by R.E.M.
R.E.M., released in 1981 on the short-lived independent record label Hib-Tone. The song features "what were to become the trademark unintelligible lyrics
Radio_Free_Europe_(song)
Type of musical note
nonchord tone (NCT), nonharmonic tone, or embellishing tone is a note in a piece of music or song that is not part of the implied or expressed chord set out
Nonchord_tone
Symbol or mark representing linguistic tone
Tone letters are letters that represent the tones of a language, most commonly in languages with contour tones. This article contains phonetic transcriptions
Tone_letter
Type of squelch protocol
include a brief burst of sequential audio tones. Receivers that are set to respond to the transmitted tone sequence will open their squelch, while others
Selcall
Image processing technique
Tone mapping is a technique used in image processing and computer graphics to map one set of colors to another to approximate the appearance of high-dynamic-range
Tone_mapping
Signal indicating that a call is possible
A dial tone (dialling tone in the UK) is a telephony signal sent by a telephone exchange or private branch exchange (PBX) to a terminating device, such
Dial_tone
Auditory illusion
Each square in Figure 1 indicates a tone, with any set of squares in vertical alignment together making one Shepard tone. The color of each square indicates
Shepard_tone
2005 studio album by Nate James
Set the Tone is the debut studio album by American-British soul singer Nate James, released on 8 August 2005, by Universal Music Group. Reception to the
Set the Tone (Nate James album)
Set_the_Tone_(Nate_James_album)
2010 studio album by Kelis
Flesh Tone is the fifth studio album by American singer Kelis, released on May 14, 2010, by the will.i.am Music Group and Interscope Records. Recorded
Flesh_Tone
Egyptian god of the desert, storms, violence, and foreigners
connected Set and Nephthys temples in these districts — for example, the religious tone of temples of Nephthys located in such proximity to those of Set, especially
Set_(deity)
Type of additive noise gate
In telecommunications, Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System or CTCSS is one type of in-band signaling that is used to reduce the annoyance of listening
Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System
Continuous_Tone-Coded_Squelch_System
Numbers assigned to tone types in tonal languages
the tone. Tone numbers are only defined for a particular language, or for a family of languages that share a common ancestor that had the set of tones indicated
Tone_number
Sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call or text message
Large central offices used motor-driven generator sets for both ringing and other signals such as dial tone and busy signals. In smaller offices, special
Ringtone
Type of noise gate
254 Hz. The original tone set was 10, then 32 tones, and has been expanded even further over the years. CTCSS is often called PL tone (for Private Line,
Squelch
Australian comedy-drama television series
critical acclaim, with praise for its writing, directing, performances and tone. Set within the suburbs of Sydney, Raymond "Ray" Shoesmith (Scott Ryan) is
Mr_Inbetween
Song by Thomas Davis (1814–1845)
Wolfe Tone in Bodenstown, County Kildare, in 1843 when he found Tone's grave unmarked but guarded by a local blacksmith who would allow nobody to set foot
Tone's_Grave
tone is a feature of wireline modems. The guard tone is sent by the answering modem after it has sent the answer tone. It is a single continuous tone
Guard_tone
Audible electrical signal in telecommunication systems
Ringing tone (audible ringing, also ringback tone) is a signaling tone in telecommunication that is heard by the originator of a telephone call while the
Ringing_tone
A creative figure's attitude toward both a subject and also an audience
gestures and in the tone of voice used. In literature an author sets the tone through word choice that create imagery, perspective, tone, subject matter,
Tone_(literature)
Sound with a sinusoidal waveform
Helmholtz, musical tones are perceived as a set of pure tones. The percept of pitch depends on the frequency of the most prominent tone, and the phases of
Pure_tone
Post-tonal music compositional technique
in tone-clock terminology). Tone-clock theory is also concerned with the way that the three-note pitch-class sets (trichords or "triads" in tone-clock
Tone_clock
Element of Cantonese pronunciation
limited set of semantic domains where changed tone occurs, generally associated with small things, familiarity, food and disease. A changed tone usually
Cantonese_changed_tones
Music for the reciting of chant
In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) can refer to either a repeated musical pitch or to the entire melodic formula for which that
Reciting_tone
Concept in music
In music using the twelve tone technique, combinatoriality is a quality shared by twelve-tone tone rows whereby each section of a row and a proportionate
Combinatoriality
1963 book by Hannah Arendt
for 'crimes in retrospect'. The prosecutor, Gideon Hausner, followed the tone set by Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, who stated, "It is not an individual nor
Eichmann_in_Jerusalem
English independent record label
2 Tone Records was an English independent record label that mostly released ska and reggae-influenced music with a punk rock and pop music overtone. It
2_Tone_Records
Operation in music
transpose a tone row or an unordered collection of pitches such as a chord so that it begins on another pitch. The transposition of a set A by n semitones
Transposition_(music)
Three-beep signal indicating a call did not go through correctly
telephony, a special information tone (SIT) is an in-band international standard call progress tone consisting of three rising tones indicating a call has failed
Special_information_tone
In music, a common tone is a pitch class that is a member of, or common to (shared by) two or more scales or sets. A common tone is a pitch class that
Common_tone_(scale)
1997 video game
gameplay, which some found confusing and difficult to control. The Tone Rebellion is set in an alien science fiction world inhabited by tribes of levitating
The_Tone_Rebellion
Syllable type in the phonology in Middle Chinese
A checked tone, commonly known by the Chinese calque entering tone, is one of the four syllable types in the phonology of Middle Chinese. Although usually
Checked_tone
American sitcom (1964–1966)
cartoons' dark themes and emphasized the Addams's comedic strangeness. The tone was set by series producer Nat Perrin, who was a close friend of Groucho Marx's
The Addams Family (1964 TV series)
The_Addams_Family_(1964_TV_series)
Musical scale set of twelve pitches
In Western music, a chromatic scale (or twelve-tone scale) is a set of twelve pitches within an octave, where the interval between any two adjacent notes
Chromatic_scale
Perceived tones when real tones are sounded
combination tone (also called resultant tone or subjective tone) is a psychoacoustic and sometimes physical phenomenon of an additional tone or tones that are
Combination_tone
Collection of objects studied in music theory
authors[weasel words] speak of twelve-tone sets, time-point sets, derived sets, etc. (see below.) This is a different usage of the term set from that described above
Set_(music)
Musical artist
Dan Gresham, better known by the stage name Nu:Tone, is a British drum and bass producer who is signed to the Hospital Records label. He signed to Hospital
Nu:Tone
Brass instrument notes
Pedal tone demonstration Demonstration of pedal tones on the trombone. The first two notes are B♭3 and B♭2, and the last note is a pedal B♭1. Problems
Pedal_tone
Type of telephone used for installing and testing telephone lines
Speakerphone Redial A talk/monitor toggle switch Mute Hook flash button Tone/pulse dialing selection switch Low-pass filtering to prevent disruption of
Lineman's_handset
This is a list of tone rows and series. For a list of unordered collections, see set (music), Forte number, list of set classes, and trope (music). Five
List_of_tone_rows_and_series
2002 video game
setting, the mood in Dynasty Tactics is archaic and gritty, closer to the tone set in the novel. The players can choose to roughly follow events from the
Dynasty_Tactics
Data communications modulation protocol
are sent as tone pairs; DTMF selects one tone from a "high" group and one from a "low" group, while MF selects its two tones from a common set. DTMF and
Multiple frequency-shift keying
Multiple_frequency-shift_keying
Hy-Tone was an influential independent record label in Chicago that issued rhythm and blues records between 1946 and 1948. It was originally set up in
Hy-Tone_Records
Method in two-way radio system
for another valid first tone. A widely varied set of tone plans or schemes are used for these systems. Some tone plans use tone frequencies which are close
Selective_calling
American gang leader
Antonio Fernandez, also known as King Tone, is the former head of the Latin Kings. In 1999, Fernandez was sentenced to 12 to 15 years for conspiring to
King_Tone
decibels: for example, the second tone of a sequence might be 10% of the level of the first tone. The highest level tones are set to the maximum allowable for
Tone_remote
Voice synthesizer software
Tone Rion (兎眠りおん) is a Vocaloid 3 vocal. Her sampled voice was provided by the now retired Japanese singer Yumemi Nemu. She was first seen silhouetted
Tone_Rion
Guitar overdrive pedal
The King of Tone is an overdrive pedal manufactured by boutique electric guitar effects pedal maker Mike Piera under the moniker Analog Man. Released in
King_of_Tone
Term in accounting regarding the ethical climate of an organization
"Tone at the top" is a term that originated in the field of accounting and is used to describe an organization's general ethical climate, as established
Tone_at_the_top
2019 American film
Tone-Deaf is a 2019 American comedy horror film written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. and starring Robert Patrick and Amanda Crew with Ronnie Gene
Tone-Deaf
List of ships with the same or similar names
At least three warships of Japan have borne the name Tone: Japanese cruiser Tone (1907), a protected cruiser; participated in the World War I Siege of
Japanese_ship_Tone
Audible alert on a telephone left off-hook
The off-hook tone (also off-hook warning, howling tone, or howler tone) is a telephony signal for alerting a user that the telephone has been left off-hook
Off-hook_tone
American new wave band (1979–1981)
Tone Set with Galen Herod. During the years 1983 to 1990, he also released two solo cassettes, both in a similar stylistic vein as that of Tone Set.
Dow_Jones_and_the_Industrials
Activity of the vagus nerve
Vagal tone is activity of the vagus nerve (the 10th cranial nerve) and a fundamental component of the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system
Vagal_tone
2010 video game
DIVA Future Tone (初音ミク Project DIVA Future Tone) The game has been released digitally in two separate packs, Future Sound and Colorful Tone, along with
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Arcade
Hatsune_Miku:_Project_Diva_Arcade
Set of all pitches that are a whole number of octaves apart
opposed to tone height), just as hue is an attribute of color. A pitch class is a set of all pitches that share the same chroma, just like "the set of all
Pitch_class
2024 single by Ghostface Killah and Kanye West
rapper Kanye West. It was included as a track on the former's 2024 album, Set the Tone (Guns & Roses), released on May 10. It was later released on May 31,
No Face (Ghostface Killah and Kanye West song)
No_Face_(Ghostface_Killah_and_Kanye_West_song)
1996 single by Tony! Toni! Toné! featuring DJ Quik
"Let's Get Down" is a song recorded by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! for their fourth studio album House of Music (1996). It was written by Raphael
Let's Get Down (Tony! Toni! Toné! song)
Let's_Get_Down_(Tony!_Toni!_Toné!_song)
Multiphonic effect on brass instruments
however, the lips are set to vibrate at different speeds, two pitches may be perceived. When not done intentionally, split tones are referred to pejoratively
Split_tone
Surname list
include: Cole Toner (born 1994), American football player Devin Toner (born 1986), an Ireland rugby union international Fionnuala Toner (born 1990), a
Toner_(surname)
Dense musical chord
A tone cluster is a musical chord comprising at least three adjacent tones in a scale. Prototypical tone clusters are based on the chromatic scale and
Tone_cluster
1895 short story collection by Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow progressively transitions towards a more light-hearted tone, ending with romantic stories devoid of horror or supernatural elements.
The_King_in_Yellow
American actor and director (1905–1968)
Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor, producer, and director of stage, film and television. He
Franchot_Tone
Concept in music
context). In the aggregate complementation of twelve-tone music and serialism the complement of one set of notes from the chromatic scale contains all the
Complement_(music)
1995 studio album by Ornette Coleman
Tone Dialing is an album recorded in 1995 by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time ensemble. It was released in
Tone_Dialing
ToneScript is a description syntax for the characteristics of call-progress tones. A call progress tone is a pattern of audible tones played to the caller
ToneScript
Lead ship of the Tone-class heavy cruisers
Tone (利根) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Tone class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Tone River, in
Japanese_cruiser_Tone_(1937)
Medical condition
Amusia, also called being tone-deaf, is a musical disorder that appears mainly as a defect in processing pitch but also encompasses musical memory and
Amusia
2016 song by Lemon Demon
"Touch-Tone Telephone" is a song by Lemon Demon, a musical project created by American musician Neil Cicierega. It was released on February 29, 2016, as
Touch-Tone_Telephone
System of phonetic notation
the chart. The two sets of symbols are not comparable in this way." Using diacritics, a high tone is ⟨é⟩ and a low tone is ⟨è⟩; in tone letters, these are
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Shade of the color orange
maritime industry to set objects apart from their surroundings, similar to safety orange, but deeper and with a more reddish tone. There are several variants
International_orange
Term in voice leading and harmony
In music, a common tone is a pitch class that is a member of, or common to (shared by) two or more chords or sets. Typically, it refers to a note shared
Common_tone_(chord)
Branch of music theory
analyzing atonal music, drawing on the twelve-tone theory of Milton Babbitt. The concepts of musical set theory are very general and can be applied to
Set_theory_(music)
1980 single by The Specials
"Stereotype" is a song by ska/2-Tone band the Specials, released in September 1980 by 2 Tone Records as the first single from More Specials. The single
Stereotype (The Specials song)
Stereotype_(The_Specials_song)
Color change caused by oxidization
Toning on a coin is the change of colour brought about through oxidization, which forms a thin layer of tarnish on the metal's surface, typically as a
Toning_(coin)
Japanese-American multidisciplinary artist (1935–2025)
Yasunao Tone (刀根 康尚, Tone Yasunao; 31 March 1935 – 12 May 2025) was a Japanese multidisciplinary artist born in Tokyo, Japan, and working in New York
Yasunao_Tone
American composer
debt of this system to the 12-tone system lies in its use of an ordered linear succession in the same way that a 12-tone set does". In 1968, Perle cofounded
George_Perle
Fractal sets in complex dynamics of mathematics
the Julia set and the Fatou set are two complementary sets (Julia "laces" and Fatou "dusts") defined from a function. Informally, the Fatou set of the function
Julia_set
English singer-songwriter (born 1979)
album Set the Tone in 2005 which won him two MOBO Nominations for Best Newcomer and Best R&B Artist, featuring his revered first release "Set The Tone" He
Nate_James
Any ordering of the elements of a musical set
originating in the 20th century such as the twelve-tone technique and serialism. Analytical techniques such as set theory take care to distinguish between ordered
Permutation_(music)
American sports comedy-drama television series
Nick Mohammed, and Juno Temple), humor, writing, themes, and uplifting tone. Among other accolades, its first season was nominated for 20 Primetime Emmy
Ted_Lasso
Quality of a musical note or sound or tone
ˈtæ̃-/), also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is the perceived sound of a musical note, sound or tone. Timbre distinguishes
Timbre
Text message transmitted from a modem
tone. If it does not receive data from the calling modem within a set amount of time, it disconnects the line. The calling modem waits for the tone after
NO_CARRIER
English writer and novelist (born 1967)
employ, because it's all there. No need for prodding and over-talking. The tone set by Iain Softley’s beautifully restrained direction and the careful use
Sadie_Jones
Unicode character block
Modifier Tone Letters is a Unicode block containing tone markings for Chinese, Chinantec, Africanist, and other phonetic transcriptions. It does not contain
Modifier_Tone_Letters
Variety of the color blue
called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness), or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value
Shades_of_blue
row or duration series is an ordering of a set of durations, in analogy with the tone row or twelve-tone set. Olivier Messiaen's "Mode de valeurs et d'intensités"
Duration_series
1928 set of works by Arnold Schönberg
31 (1926–28) is an orchestral set of variations on a theme, composed by Arnold Schoenberg and is his first twelve-tone composition for a large ensemble
Variations for Orchestra (Schoenberg)
Variations_for_Orchestra_(Schoenberg)
Director of strategy at CSET
Helen Toner (born 1992) is an Australian researcher, and the interim executive director at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology. She
Helen_Toner
TONE SET
TONE SET
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Priceless
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary stone or a prominent outcrop of rock, from Middle English hÅn ‘stone’, ‘rock’. This is the same word as modern English hone ‘whetstone’, and the surname may also be a metonymic occupational name for someone who used a whetstone to sharpen swords, daggers, and knives.Dutch and North German (Höne) : from the Germanic personal name Huno, a short form of the various compound names with the first element hÅ«n. Compare, for example, Humphrey. The exact meaning of this element is disputed, but it may be cognate with Old Norse húnn ‘bear cub’.
Boy/Male
English
Stone
Male
Scandinavian
 Variant spelling of Scandinavian Tor, TORE means "Thor" or "thunder." Compare with another form of Tore.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English stÄn ‘stone’, in any of several uses. It is most commonly a topographic name, for someone who lived either on stony ground or by a notable outcrop of rock or a stone boundary-marker or monument, but it is also found as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in stone, a mason or stonecutter. There are various places in southern and western England named with this word, for example in Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, and the surname may also be a habitational name from any of these.Translation of various surnames in other languages, including Jewish Stein, Norwegian Steine, and compound names formed with this word.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Thomas Scott was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
Female
English
English unisex pet form of Anthony and Antonia, both possibly TONY means "invaluable."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Town.Japanese : variously written, usually with characters meaning either ‘sword’ or ‘benefit’ and ‘root’, the latter version being used for the name of the Tone River, which was formerly the boundary between the provinces of Musashi (now TÅkyÅ and Saitama prefecture) and ShimÅsa (now Chiba prefecture), until it was diverted in early modern times to become the northern boundary of Chiba. Some families may have taken their name from the name of the river.
Male
English
Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONE means "invaluable."Â
Male
Italian
 Italian short form of Latin Salvatore, TORE means "savior." Compare with another form of Tore.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Ton(e)y, a reduced form of Anthony.
Male
English
English unisex pet form of Anthony and Antonia, possibly TONY means "invaluable."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Tong, also established in Ireland since the 17th century.German : from a reduced short form of the personal name Anton (see Anthony).
Female
English
English pet form of Latin Antonia, possibly TONI means "invaluable."
Surname or Lastname
English (Leicestershire)
English (Leicestershire) : variant of Towne.
Male
Scandinavian
Unisex pet form of Scandinavian names starting with Torf- or Torv-, TOVE means "Thor" or "thunder."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an outlying farm or hamlet, from Middle English toun (Old English tūn, which originally meant ‘fence’ and then ‘enclosure’, although the sense ‘settlement, village’ was already firmly established in the Old English period)
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the personal name Tony, a short form of Anthony.Americanized form of any of various derivatives of the Latin personal name Antonius (see Anthony), for example Greek Antoniou, Antoniadis.
Male
English
Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONEY means "invaluable."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name, from Middle English, Old French trone ‘weighing machine’.
TONE SET
TONE SET
Girl/Female
Hindu
Bending light
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Chief; Head; Man of Israel; Dusky Hound
Boy/Male
Biblical
Witness of God.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Deeds.Hungarian : from a pet form of Déd, an old secular personal name.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Scottish
Redheaded; With Red Hair; Surname
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Worshipper of Fire
Boy/Male
British, English
From the White Valley
Boy/Male
Muslim
Boy/Male
Celtic Scottish
Rock.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Queen of Joy
TONE SET
TONE SET
TONE SET
TONE SET
TONE SET
n.
A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.
v. t.
To utter with an affected tone.
n.
The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
n.
A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
imp. & p. p.
of Tone
n.
Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
v. t.
To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.
n.
The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.
n.
A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
n.
A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.
n.
A sound; a note; a tone.
a.
Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.
n.
Alt. of Tonge
indef. pron.
Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.
v. t.
To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.
n.
Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
n.
General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.
n.
The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.
n.
Anxiety; tine.
n.
Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.