Look up: tone

1. Tone
   The 'tone' of a poem (according to the New Critics) reveals the attitude of the poet being studied e.g. anger, love, resignation, despair, fear, boredom etc.
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2. Tone
   Cold tones (bluish) and warm tones (reddish) refer to the colour of the image in both black-and-white and colour photographs. (see Colour Cast)
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3. tone
   [n] - the quality of a person`s voice 2. [n] - a musical interval of two semitones 3. [n] - a steady sound without overtones 4. [n] - the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author 5. [n] - (linguistics) a p...
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4. Tone
   The appearance or colour of coffee.
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5. Tone
   an author's or speaker's attitude, as revealed in 'quality of voice' or 'selection of language'
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6. Tone
   1) One of several single-frequency signals at the beginning of a tape reel at the magnetic reference level that will be used to record the program.
   2) Any single-frequency signal or sound.
   3) The sound quality of an instrument's sound relative to the amount of energy present at different frequ...
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7. Tone
   1 a major second. 2 The colour or quality of the sound. 3 A note
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8. Tone
   this is the emotional feel of the passage, the unspoken voice of the writer. e.g. amused, mocking, angry, indignant, sympathetic, approving, cynical, scathing, indifferent. (N.B. a tone can also be neutral, as in an informative passage where the writer is not conveying any particular point of view)
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9. Tone
   A sound of definite pitch. A pure tone has a sinusoidal wave form. See also: Pure Tone, Tone Burst.
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10. tone
    In art, the quality and depth of a colour, particularly the gradations from light to dark. A colour may be `toned down` to make it less vivid, or `toned up` to make it more solid or...
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11. Tone
    In painting, tone refers to the relative lightness or darkness of a colour (see also Chiaroscuro). One colour can have an almost infinite number of different tones. Tone can also mean the colour itself. For example, when Van Gogh writes 'I exaggerate the fairness of the hair, I even get to orange to...
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12. Tone
    The degree of tension within a muscle
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13. tone
    each particular shade variation from black to white distinguishable on an aerial(monochromatic)photograph Category: General
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14. Tone
    Tone (tōn) noun [ French ton , Latin tonus a sound, tone, from Greek to`nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in plural, modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei`nein...
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15. Tone
    Tone transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Toned ; present participle & verbal noun Toning .] 1. To utter with an affected tone. 2. To give tone, or a particular t...
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16. Tone
    Tone noun 1. (Physiol.) 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 . 2. ...
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17. tone
    1. The normal degree of vigour and tension, in muscle, the resistance to passive elongation or stretch, tonus. ... 2. A particular quality of sound or of voice. ... 3. To make permanent or to change, the colour of silver stain by chemical treatment, usually with a heavy metal. ... Origin: Gr. Tonos, L. Tonus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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18. tone
    whole tone noun a musical interval of two semitones
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19. tone
    pure tone noun a steady sound without overtones; `they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies`
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20. tone
    noun the quality of a person`s voice; `he began in a conversational tone`; `he spoke in a nervous tone of voice`
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21. tone
    modulate verb vary the pitch of one`s speech
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22. tone
    (tōn) normal degree of vigor and tension; in muscle, the resistance to passive elongation or stretch; tonus. a particular quality of sound or voice.
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23. Tone
    • (n.) The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture. • (n.) 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; colo...
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24. tone
    (from the article `painting`) The principal dimensions of colour in painting are the variables or attributes of hue, tone, and intensity. Red, yellow, and blue are the basic hues ...
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25. tone
    in acoustics, sound that can be recognized by its regularity of vibration. A simple tone has only one frequency, although its intensity may vary. A ... [18 related articles]
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