TONE

The quality of a person's voice

Example: "He began in a conversational tone"

(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages

Example: "The beijing dialect uses four tones"

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

Example: "The timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

Example: "The feel of the city excited him"

A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

Example: "After several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

Example: "The singer held the note too long"

A steady sound without overtones

Example: "They tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"

The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

Example: "The doctor tested my tonicity"

A musical interval of two semitones

The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author

Example: "The general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"