| Tone (tone) |
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| n. | (t n) |
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| Tone |
| [F. ton, L.
tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to`nos a stretching,
straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl.,
modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei`nein to stretch or
strain. See |
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.
Accent, or inflection or
modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or
passion.
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.
A sound
considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has
good high tones.
That state of a body, or of any of
its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and
performed with due vigor.
Tonicity; as, arterial
tone.
State of mind; temper; mood.
Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the
tone of his remarks was commendatory.
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.
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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| Tone (tone) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Tone |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Toned (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Toning.] |
To utter with an affected
tone.
To give tone, or a particular tone, to] to tune.
See Tune, v. t.
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Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the
more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and
characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling
tone; color tone.
Color quality proper; -- called also
hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or
shade.
The condition of
normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and
moisture.
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