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Proposed letter of the Latin alphabet
the Zhuang alphabet from 1957 to 1986 to indicate the second, or falling, tone ([˧˩]), due to its resemblance to the numeral 2, along with four other letters
Tone_two
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up two-tone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Two-tone, two tone, or 2 tone, etc., may refer to: Two-tone analysis, in nonlinear system measurement
Two-tone
British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s
Two-tone, or 2 tone, also known as ska revival, is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican
Two-tone_(music_genre)
Two-tone testing is a means of testing electronic components and systems, particularly radio systems, for intermodulation distortion. It consists of simultaneously
Two-tone_testing
English independent record label
Tone" is still used as an imprint for back catalogue issues. 2 Tone Records signed the Selecter, Madness and The Beat, but they all left within two years
2_Tone_Records
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Tone, tone, tones, or toning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tone may refer to: Tone (color theory), a mix of tint and shade, in painting and
Tone
Use of pitch to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning
existing tone. This is called tone sandhi. In Mandarin Chinese, for example, a dipping tone between two other tones is reduced to a simple low tone, which
Tone_(linguistics)
vowels and consonants—but also tones, and each syllable has one. In addition to the four main tones, there is a neutral tone that appears on weak syllables
Standard_Chinese_phonology
American rock band
lineup changes. After signing to major label ATO Records, the group released two albums, It Still Moves (2003) and Z (2005), with the latter representing
My_Morning_Jacket
Published between 1954 and 1981 Two Tone was a quarterly of Rhodesian poetry magazine, which signified a radical break with the largely conservative Eurocentric
Two_Tone_(magazine)
Steady periodic sound in music
Traditionally in Western music, a musical tone is a steady periodic sound. A musical tone is characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity (or loudness)
Musical_tone
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
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!
Type of musical note
A 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
Nonchord_tone
American rapper (born 1966)
Anthony Terrell Smith (born March 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Tone Loc (/toʊn loʊk/), is an American rapper, voice artist, and actor. He is
Tone_Loc
Symbol or mark representing linguistic tone
Tone letters are letters that represent the tones of a language, most commonly in languages with contour tones. They are used both in language orthographies
Tone_letter
Perceived tones when real tones are sounded
difference of two pairs of sine waves (right) with frequencies of 1 and 2 (top) and 1 and 3 (bottom) A combination tone (also called resultant tone or subjective
Combination_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
System of pitch organization in Gregorian chant
"plagal third mode", the mode that one would expect ("tone 7") is called the "grave tone". Two characteristic notes or pitches in a modal melody are the
Gregorian_mode
Musical interval
A quarter tone is a pitch halfway between the usual notes of a chromatic scale or an interval about half as wide (aurally, or logarithmically) as a semitone
Quarter_tone
Two Tone Club is a French ska band from Montbéliard. They are mainly influenced by 2 Tone ska, but also reggae and rocksteady. Their track "Club 69" pays
Two_Tone_Club
scenes in the West Midlands in the 1970s, the ska revival associated with 2 Tone records was a remarkable commercial success in the early years of the 1980s
Music of the United Kingdom (1980s)
Music_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1980s)
Musical interval
also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones (Play). A second is a musical interval encompassing two adjacent staff positions
Major_second
Method in two-way radio system
subaudible tones as the tones composing the two-tone sequence. For example, a two tone sequence might consist of 123.0 Hz followed by 203.5 Hz. On FM two-way
Selective_calling
Linguistic term
itself but affects the tones of neighboring morphemes. An example occurs in Bambara, a Mande language of Mali that has two phonemic tones, high and low. The
Floating_tone
Auditory illusion
A Shepard tone, named after Roger Shepard, is a sound consisting of a superposition of sine waves separated by octaves. When played with the bass pitch
Shepard_tone
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
Scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by a whole tone
are only two complementary whole-tone scales, both six-note or hexatonic scales. A single whole-tone scale can also be thought of as a "six-tone equal temperament"
Whole-tone_scale
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)
Eastern Orthodox liturgical work
propers in a different tone, Sunday: Tone One, Monday: Tone Two, skipping the least festive of the tones, the grave (heavy) tone. Although many of the
Octoechos_(liturgy)
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
on a distant mountain top. A Tone remote, also known as an EIA Tone remote, is a signaling system used to operate a two-way radio base station by some
Tone_remote
Phonetic feature of some languages
A tone contour or contour tone is a tone in a tonal language which shifts from one pitch to another over the course of the syllable or word. Tone contours
Tone_contour
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
Telephony signal
tone Holding tone Preemption tone Queue tone Recall dial tone Record tone Recorder warning tone Reorder tone Ringing tone, audible ringing Ring tone,
Call-progress_tone
Audible signal indicating the call cannot be processed
North American reorder tone Listen to a reorder tone from North America. Example of a European reorder tone Listen to a reorder tone from Europe. Example
Reorder_tone
Sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call or text message
produce a warbling, chirping, or other sounds. Variations of the cadence or tone of the ring signal, called distinctive ringing, can be used to indicate characteristics
Ringtone
Musical tuning system
temperament, called twelfth-tone, 72 TET, 72 EDO, or 72 ET, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into twelfth-tones, or in other words 72 equal
72_equal_temperament
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
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
Method of emergency broadcasting in the United States
misuse or unauthorized playback of the tones (see "Tone usage outside of alerts" section below). The "two-tone" system is no longer required as of 1998
Emergency_Alert_System
Guitar tuning associated with Celtic music
accomplished by tuning the first, second, and sixth strings down a whole tone (two frets). The result is an open D, suspended fourth chord. Being suspended
DADGAD
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
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
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
Change in tone contour based on adjacent syllable tones
transcription delimiters. Tone sandhi is a phonological change that occurs in tonal languages. It involves changes to the tones assigned to individual words
Tone_sandhi
Element of Cantonese pronunciation
occur when a character's tone becomes a different tone due to a particular context or meaning. A "changed" tone is the tone of the word when it is read
Cantonese_changed_tones
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
Species of moth
Ancylis divisana, the two-toned ancylis moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama
Ancylis_divisana
Mood of a group of people
tone. Two dimensions of group affective tone have been identified: positive affective tone and negative affective tone. Research shows that the two dimensions
Group_affective_tone
Species of mollusc
Idiosepius pygmaeus, also known as the two-toned pygmy squid or tropical pygmy squid, is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indo-Pacific. It resides
Idiosepius_pygmaeus
Distraction technique and anti-debate tactic
A tone argument (also called tone policing) is a type of ad hominem aimed at the tone of an argument instead of its factual or logical content in order
Tone_policing
In music, changing tones (also called double neighboring tones and neighbor group) consists of two consecutive non-chord tones. The first moves in one
Changing_tones
Species of lobster
Nephropsis rosea, sometimes called the rosy lobsterette or two-toned lobsterette, is a species of lobster. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of
Nephropsis_rosea
Term in voice leading and harmony
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 between two chords
Common_tone_(chord)
Phonetic features of Chichewa
tone there is usually only one, and it is usually heard on one of the last three syllables. However, some nouns, like nyényezí 'star', have two tones
Chichewa_tones
Class of Japanese heavy cruisers
The two Tone-class cruisers (利根型巡洋艦, Tone-gata jun'yōkan) were the last heavy cruisers completed for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Tone-class cruisers
Tone-class_cruiser
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
Interference pattern between signals of similar frequency
produce sustained tones, beats can be readily recognized. Tuning two tones to a unison will present a peculiar effect: when the two tones are close in pitch
Beat_(acoustics)
Tones used by NASA during human spaceflight communication
Quindar tones The "intro tone", a 250-millisecond tone at 2,525 hertz, followed by a 250 ms 2,475 Hz "outro tone". Problems playing this file? See media
Quindar_tones
Name of several effect pedals
Tone Bender is the name of several fuzz distortion effect pedals. Released in 1965, Sola Sound's original Tone Bender was a re-creation of the popular
Tone_Bender
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
Type of additive noise gate
Tone-Coded Squelch System or CTCSS is one type of in-band signaling that is used to reduce the annoyance of listening to other users on a shared two-way
Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System
Continuous_Tone-Coded_Squelch_System
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
Any of a palette of colors similar to natural materials and landscapes
Earth tone is a term used to describe a palette of colors that are similar to natural materials and landscapes. These colors are inspired by the earth's
Earth_tone
Romanization scheme for Standard Chinese
then further sorted by tone number, ascending, with neutral tones placed last. Words of multiple characters can be sorted in two different ways, either
Pinyin
Town in Kantō, Japan
Tone (利根町, Tone-machi) is a town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020[update], the town had an estimated population of 15,073 in 6163 households
Tone,_Ibaraki
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
Where the high or mid tones shift downward in pitch after certain other tones
Tone terracing is a type of phonetic downdrift, where the high or mid tones, but not the low tone, shift downward in pitch (downstep) after certain other
Tone_terracing
Signalling specification for telephony
precise tone plan is a signaling specification for the public switched telephone network (PSTN) in North America. It defines the call-progress tones used
Precise_tone_plan
Aspect of the Luganda language
It is traditionally described as having three tones: high (á), low (à) and falling (â). Rising tones are not found in Luganda, even on long vowels, since
Luganda_tones
Change in pitch at the end of an utterance
boundary tone refers to a rise or fall in pitch that occurs in speech at the end of a sentence or other utterance, or, if a sentence is divided into two or
Boundary_tone
System of phonetic notation
once used for the "compound" tone of Swedish and Norwegian, and ⟨ƞ⟩, once used for the moraic nasal of Japanese – though two remain: ⟨ɧ⟩, used for the sj-sound
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
River in Kantō, Japan
The Tone River (利根川, Tone-gawa; Japanese pronunciation: [to.ne.ɡa.wa, -ŋa.wa], locally [to.neꜜ.ɡa.wa, -ŋa.wa]) is a Class A river in the Kantō region
Tone_River
Note sung or played at a slightly different pitch than standard
al. refer to as a "neutral third". This bending or glide between the two tones is an essential characteristic of the blues. The blue "lowered fifth"
Blue_note
Wife of Wolfe Tone
Matilda Tone (17 June 1769 – 18 March 1849) was the wife of the executed Irish republican leader Theobald Wolfe Tone and, from exile in the United States
Matilda_Tone
Musical resolution to a chord other than the tonic
tones in common have been identified: Type I, in which the root motion descends by minor third. C, E, G, B♭ would resolve to C♯, E, G, A; two tones are
Irregular_resolution
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
Indo-Aryan language
lexical tones. Two are distinguished in Punjabi: falling and rising. These are tone contours, but are often mislabelled as "low" and "high" tones, and sometimes
Punjabi_language
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
Electronic public warning siren
[citation needed] The sirens can be activated by radio using single tone, two-tone, DTMF, MSK or POCSAG over analog, digital and trunking systems, or by
Federal_Signal_Modulator
1970 studio album by Organisation
Tone Float is the only album by the German band Organisation zur Verwirklichung gemeinsamer Musikkonzepte (Organisation). Organisation included as members
Tone_Float
Species of gastropod
species of land snail in the family Streptaxidae known commonly as the two-toned gulella. The snail has an elongated shell up to 7.5 millimeters long by
Gulella_bicolor
Prestige variety of Yue Chinese
of users to readily be able to process two additional phonetic tones. People who grew up using Cantonese tones can usually hear the tonal differences
Cantonese
Tone, Tóne or Þone is a given name, nickname and a surname. Tone is a Slovene masculine given name in use as a short form of Anton in Slovenia. It is also
Tone_(name)
War dialing computer program
ToneLoc was a popular war dialing computer program for MS-DOS written in the early to mid-1990s by two programmers known by the pseudonyms Minor Threat
ToneLoc
Chord made of a tertian triad and a miscellaneous fourth note
An added tone chord, or added note chord, is a non-tertian chord composed of a triad and one or more extra "added" notes. Any tone that is not a seventh
Added_tone_chord
Abukuma-class destroyer escort
JS Tone (DE-234) is the sixth ship of the Abukuma-class destroyer escorts. She was commissioned on 8 February 1993.[page needed] Tone was laid down at
JS_Tone
Septimal quarter tone on C Just minor third on C Problems playing these files? See media help. A septimal quarter tone (in music) is an interval with
Septimal_quarter_tone
Phenomenon in musical instruments
A wolf tone, wolf note, or simply a "wolf", is an undesirable phenomenon that occurs in some bowed-string musical instruments, most famously in the cello
Wolf_tone
Tonal degree of the diatonic scale
In music theory, a leading tone (also called subsemitone or leading note in the UK) is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone
Leading_tone
Unicode character block
combinations are used to represent the standard Mandarin Chinese vowel sounds with tone marks. The 35 Phonetic and historic letters are largely various standard
Latin_Extended-B
Type of Christian song of praise
32:1–21) — Psalms 18-35 Tone Two — The (Second) Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:22–28, Deuteronomy 32:39–43) — Psalms 36-54 Tone Three — The Prayer of Hannah
Canticle
1956 psychology paper by George Miller on working memory capacity
with a number of stimuli that vary on one dimension (e.g., 10 different tones varying only in pitch) and responds to each stimulus with a corresponding
The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two
9:8 tone (major tone) and 10:9 tone (minor tone), respectively. It is the difference between 7/6 and 9/8 (tritē and paramesē). The septimal sixth tone, also
Septimal_third_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)
Details of violin playing technique
position of the note "A", produces the fourth harmonic of the "E", sounding a tone two octaves above the note that is stopped, in this case, E. Finger placement
Violin_technique
Skin tone scale for machine learning research
The Monk Skin Tone Scale (MST) is an open-source, 10-shade scale describing human skin color. It was developed by Ellis Monk in partnership with Google
Monk_Skin_Tone_Scale
Japanese girl group
TJ (トーンジュエル, Tōn Jueru; previously written as Tone Jewel) is a Japanese idol girl group. The group was originally formed in 2012 by Victor Entertainment
Tone_Jewel
Type of physical therapy
toning, or facial exercise, is a type of cosmetic procedure or physical therapy tool which alters facial contours by means of increasing muscle tone and
Facial_toning
TONE TWO
TONE TWO
Male
Italian
 Italian short form of Latin Salvatore, TORE means "savior." Compare with another form of Tore.
Surname or Lastname
English (Leicestershire)
English (Leicestershire) : variant of Towne.
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’.
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Priceless
Male
Scandinavian
Unisex pet form of Scandinavian names starting with Torf- or Torv-, TOVE means "Thor" or "thunder."
Boy/Male
English
Stone
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
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
Scandinavian
 Variant spelling of Scandinavian Tor, TORE means "Thor" or "thunder." Compare with another form of Tore.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Ton(e)y, a reduced form of Anthony.
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southwestern Norway, named with Old Norse lón ‘calm, deep pool (in a river)’.English : variant of Lane.Muslim : unexplained.
Male
English
Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONEY means "invaluable."
Male
English
English unisex pet form of Anthony and Antonia, possibly TONY means "invaluable."
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.
Female
English
English unisex pet form of Anthony and Antonia, both possibly TONY means "invaluable."
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.
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 and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name, from Middle English, Old French trone ‘weighing machine’.
TONE TWO
TONE TWO
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Generous
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Thoughtful; Expressive; Influential; Knowledgeable; Spiritual
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ascending, A star, Rising
Girl/Female
Muslim
Pure, Clean, Neat, Chaste
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Irish, Norse, Polish, Scandinavian
Happy; Measure of Land; Form of Tate; To be Cheerful
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Son of the steward.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Free from attachment and desire
Boy/Male
Hindu
Joy of Lakshmi
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord Buddha
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Protected by the Lord King
TONE TWO
TONE TWO
TONE TWO
TONE TWO
TONE TWO
n.
Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
n.
Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
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.
n.
The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
n.
Alt. of Tonge
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.
v. t.
To utter with an affected tone.
a.
Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.
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.
n.
A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
n.
A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
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.
v. t.
To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.
imp. & p. p.
of Tone
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.
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.
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.
indef. pron.
Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.