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    tone
    [tōn]
    noun
    tone (noun) · tones (plural noun) · whole tone (noun) · whole tones (plural noun) · wholes tone (plural noun) · muscle tone (noun) · muscle tones (plural noun) · muscles tone (plural noun)
    1. a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength:
      "the piano tone appears monochrome or lacking in warmth"
      • a modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood:
        "a firm tone of voice"
      • a musical note, warble, or other sound used as a particular signal on a telephone or answering machine.
    2. the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.:
      "my friend and I lowered the tone with our oafish ways" · "there was a general tone of ill-concealed glee in the reporting"
      • informal
        an atmosphere of respectability or class:
        "they don't feel he gives the place tone"
    3. a basic interval in classical Western music, equal to two semitones and separating, for example, the first and second notes of an ordinary scale (such as C and D, or E and F sharp); a major second or whole step:
      "the B flat clarinet's part is written one tone higher than the pitch required"
    4. the particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a tint or shade of a color:
      "stained glass in vivid tones of red and blue" · "an attractive color that is even in tone and texture"
      • the general effect of color or of light and shade in a picture.
      • a slight degree of difference in the intensity of a color.
    5. phonetics
      (in some languages, such as Chinese) a particular pitch pattern on a syllable used to make semantic distinctions.
      • (in some languages, such as English) intonation on a word or phrase used to add functional meaning.
    6. the normal level of firmness or slight contraction in a resting muscle:
      "a reduction of muscle tone" · "a certain amount of daily exercise is essential to maintain proper body tone and function"
      • physiology
        the normal level of activity in a nerve fiber:
        "vagal tone"
    verb
    tone (verb) · tones (third person present) · toned (past tense) · toned (past participle) · toning (present participle)
    1. give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle):
      "push-ups help tone your abs"
    2. photography
      give (a monochrome picture) an altered color in finishing by means of a chemical solution:
      "it's a good idea to sepia tone the whole print first"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos ‘tension, tone’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.
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    noun
    1. a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength:
    2. the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.:
      • the particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a tint or shade of a color:
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