Tone
Definition of Tone
Pronunciation: tōn | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Rhet.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | (Mus.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones. | | 5. | (Med.) 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. | | 6. | (Physiol.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone. | | 7. | State of mind; temper; mood. | | 8. | Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory. | | 9. | 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. | | 10. | 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. | | 11. | (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. | | 12. | Color quality proper; - called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade. | | 13. | (Plant Physiol.) The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture. | | v. t. | 1. | To utter with an affected tone. | | 2. | To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t. | | 3. | (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment. |
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