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German psychologist William Stern invented the tone variator in 1897 to study human sensitivity to changes in pitch, going beyond the traditional psychophysical
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German psychologist and philosopher (1871–1938)
Stern coined the term intelligence quotient (IQ) and invented the tone variator as a new way to study human perception of sound. Stern studied psychology
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Phenomenon of air resonance in a cavity
resonator can also emit a variable-frequency tone when driven by a stream of air in the "tone variator" invented by William Stern, 1897. When air is
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Roller-based continuously variable transmission
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NuVinci continuously variable transmission
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Type of motorcycle
expandable pulley variator with torque server, V belt, self-ventilating automatic centrifugal dry clutch Automatic expandable pulley variator with torque server
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British TV series
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Japanese automatic transmission manufacturer
automatic transmission In Russia, will establish the production of Japanese variators Jatco "Импортозамещения не произошло". istories.media (in Russian). Archived
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English
English : from the medieval personal name Ton(e)y, a reduced form of Anthony.
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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.
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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.
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Scandinavian
 Variant spelling of Scandinavian Tor, TORE means "Thor" or "thunder." Compare with another form of Tore.
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English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name, from Middle English, Old French trone ‘weighing machine’.
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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’.
Female
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English unisex pet form of Anthony and Antonia, both possibly TONY means "invaluable."
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Stone
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Scandinavian
Unisex pet form of Scandinavian names starting with Torf- or Torv-, TOVE means "Thor" or "thunder."
Male
English
English unisex pet form of Anthony and Antonia, possibly TONY means "invaluable."
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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).
Male
English
Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONEY 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.
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Australian, Danish, Swedish
Priceless
Female
English
English pet form of Latin Antonia, possibly TONI means "invaluable."
Male
Italian
 Italian short form of Latin Salvatore, TORE means "savior." Compare with another form of Tore.
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English (Leicestershire)
English (Leicestershire) : variant of Towne.
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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.
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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.
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Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONE means "invaluable."Â
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Indian
Leader, Lord, Master
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Latin
Bitter.
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Indian
Silky
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Trade; Vocation
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Tamil
Searcher
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English
English : nickname from Middle English pode ‘toad’.
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Greek
Loving.
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Patient
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English
English : variant of Mawdsley.
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American, British, English
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n.
Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
imp. & p. p.
of Tone
n.
Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
v. t.
To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.
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 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.
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.
v. t.
To utter with an affected tone.
a.
Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.
n.
A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
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.
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.
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A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
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The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
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Anxiety; tine.
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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.
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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.