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TONE, n. [L. tonus; Gr. sound; L. tono; Gr. to sound, to strain or stretch. The L. sonus is probably the same word in a different dialect.] 1. Sound, or modification of sound; any impulse or vibration of the air which is perceptible by the ear; as a low tone, high tone, or loud tone; a grave tone; an acute tone; a sweet tone; a harsh tone.2. Accent; or rather, a particular inflection of the voice, adapted to express emotion or passion; a rhetorical sense of the word. Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes.3. A whining sound; a whine; a kind of mournful strain of voice; as, children often read with a tone.4. An affected sound in speaking.5. In music, an interval of sound; as, the difference between the diapente and diatessaron, is a tone. Of tones there are two kinds, major and minor. The tone major is in the ratio of 8 to 9, which results from the difference between the fourth and fifth. The tone minor is as 9 to 10, resulting from the difference between the minor third and the fourth.6. The tone of an instrument, is its peculiar sound with regard to softness, evenness and the like.7. In medicine,that state of organization in a body, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. Tone, in its primary signification, is tension, and tension is the primary signification of strength. Hence its application to the natural healthy state of animal organs. Tone therefore in medicine, is the strength and activity of the organs, from which proceed healthy functions. So we say, the body is in a sound state, the health is sound or firm.TONE, v.t. To utter with an affected tone. 1. To tune. [See Tune.]
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TONE, n. [L. tonus; Gr. sound; L. tono; Gr. to sound, to strain or stretch. The L. sonus is probably the same word in a different dialect.] 1. Sound, or modification of sound; any impulse or vibration of the air which is perceptible by the ear; as a low tone, high tone, or loud tone; a grave tone; an acute tone; a sweet tone; a harsh tone.2. Accent; or rather, a particular inflection of the voice, adapted to express emotion or passion; a rhetorical sense of the word. Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes.3. A whining sound; a whine; a kind of mournful strain of voice; as, children often read with a tone.4. An affected sound in speaking.5. In music, an interval of sound; as, the difference between the diapente and diatessaron, is a tone. Of tones there are two kinds, major and minor. The tone major is in the ratio of 8 to 9, which results from the difference between the fourth and fifth. The tone minor is as 9 to 10, resulting from the difference between the minor third and the fourth.6. The tone of an instrument, is its peculiar sound with regard to softness, evenness and the like.7. In medicine,that state of organization in a body, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. Tone, in its primary signification, is tension, and tension is the primary signification of strength. Hence its application to the natural healthy state of animal organs. Tone therefore in medicine, is the strength and activity of the organs, from which proceed healthy functions. So we say, the body is in a sound state, the health is sound or firm.TONE, v.t. To utter with an affected tone. 1. To tune. [See Tune.] | TONE, n. [Fr. ton; Sp. tono; It. tuono; Sw. and G. ton; D. toon; Dan. tone; L. tonus; Gr. τονος, sound; L. tono, Gr. τονοω, to sound, from the root of τεινω, to strain or stretch. The L. sonus is probably the same word in a different dialect.]- Sound, or a modification of sound; any impulse or vibration of the air which is perceptible by the ear; as, a low tone, high tone, or loud tone; a grave tone; an acute tone; a sweet tone; a harsh tone.
- Accent; or rather, a particular inflection of the voice, adapted to express emotion or passion; a rhetorical sense of the word. E. Porter.
Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. Dryden.
- A whining sound; a whine; a kind of mournful strain of voice; as, children often read with a tone.
- An affected sound in speaking.
- In music, an interval of sound; as, the difference between the diapente and diatessaron, is a tone. Of tones there are two kinds, major and minor. The tone major is in the ratio of 8 to 9, which results from the difference between the fourth and fifth. The tone minor is as 9 to 10, resulting from the difference between the minor third and the fourth. Cyc.
- The tone of an instrument, is its peculiar sound with regard to softness, evenness and the like. Cyc.
- In medicine, that state of a body, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. Tone, in its primary signification, is tcnsion, and tension is the primary signification of strength. Hence its application to the natural healthy state of animal organs. Tone therefore in medicine, is the strength and activity of the organs, from which proceed healthy functions. So we say, the body is in a sound state, the health is sound or firm.
TONE, v.t.- To utter with an affected tone.
- To tune. [See Tune.]
| Tone
- 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.
- To utter with an affected
tone.
- 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.
- Accent, or inflection or
modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or
passion.
- To give tone, or a particular tone, to] to tune.
See Tune, v. t.
- Color quality proper; -- called also
hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or
shade.
- 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.
- The condition of
normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and
moisture.
- To bring, as a print, to a
certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
- 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, noun [Latin tonus; Gr. sound; Latin tono; Gr. to sound, to strain or stretch. The Latin sonus is probably the same word in a different dialect.] 1. Sound, or modification of sound; any impulse or vibration of the air which is perceptible by the ear; as a low tone high tone or loud tone; a grave tone; an acute tone; a sweet tone; a harsh tone 2. Accent; or rather, a particular inflection of the voice, adapted to express emotion or passion; a rhetorical sense of the word. Eager his tone and ardent were his eyes. 3. A whining sound; a whine; a kind of mournful strain of voice; as, children often read with a tone 4. An affected sound in speaking. 5. In music, an interval of sound; as, the difference between the diapente and diatessaron, is a tone Of tones there are two kinds, major and minor. The tone major is in the ratio of 8 to 9, which results from the difference between the fourth and fifth. The tone minor is as 9 to 10, resulting from the difference between the minor third and the fourth. 6. The tone of an instrument, is its peculiar sound with regard to softness, evenness and the like. 7. In medicine, that state of organization in a body, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. tone in its primary signification, is tension, and tension is the primary signification of strength. Hence its application to the natural healthy state of animal organs. tone therefore in medicine, is the strength and activity of the organs, from which proceed healthy functions. So we say, the body is in a sound state, the health is sound or firm. TONE, verb transitive To utter with an affected tone 1. To tune. [See Tune.]
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