Definition of tone

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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..

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Music :: Music (n.) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
Music :: Music (n.) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
Wich :: Wich (n.) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players..
Sulphonic :: Sulphone (n.) Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH/)/.SO/..
Doorstep :: Doorstep (n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Tone :: Tone (v. t.) To utter with an affected tone.
Table :: Table (n.) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles..
Mussitation :: Mussitation (n.) A speaking in a low tone; mumbling.
Hexachord :: Hexachord (n.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones..
Dike :: Dike (n.) A wall of turf or stone.
Started :: Starstone (n.) Asteriated sapphire.
Coticular :: Coticular (a.) Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.
Slab :: Slab (n.) A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces..
Partialist :: Partialist (n.) One who holds that the atonement was made only for a part of mankind, that is, for the elect..
Testone :: Testone (n.) A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents..
Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub..
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenienc
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
Calyon :: Calyon (n.) Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc..
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