Tonepad vs. Tone
Difference Between Tonepad and Tone
Tonepadnoun
A form of simple modem that generates tones used to control a device at the other end of a telephone line.
Tonenoun
(music) A specific pitch.
Tonenoun
(music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
Tonenoun
(music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
Tonenoun
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
Tonenoun
General character, mood, or trend.
Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.Tonenoun
(linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
Tonenoun
(dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
Children often read with a tone.Tonenoun
(literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
Tonenoun
(obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
Tonenoun
The shade or quality of a colour.
Tonenoun
The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
This picture has tone.Tonenoun
The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
Tonenoun
(biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
Tonenoun
(biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
Toneverb
(transitive) to give a particular tone to
Toneverb
(transitive) to change the colour of
Toneverb
(transitive) to make (something) firmer
Toneverb
(intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour
Toneverb
(transitive) To utter with an affected tone.
Tonepronoun
The one (of two).
Tonenoun
the quality of a person's voice;
he began in a conversational tonehe spoke in a nervous tone of voiceTonenoun
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages;
the Beijing dialect uses four tonesTonenoun
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);
the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovelythe muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meetTonenoun
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;
the feel of the city excited hima clergyman improved the tone of the meetingit had the smell of treasonTonenoun
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wantedTonenoun
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound;
the singer held the note too longTonenoun
a steady sound without overtones;
they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequenciesTonenoun
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli;
the doctor tested my tonicityTonenoun
a musical interval of two semitones
Tonenoun
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author;
the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdrawfrom the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcomeToneverb
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;
The students chanted the same slogan over and over againToneverb
of one's speech, varying the pitch
Toneverb
change the color or tone of;
tone a negativeToneverb
change to a color image;
tone a photographic imageToneverb
give a healthy elasticity to;
Let's tone our muscles
