tone

1. A musical sound. 2. The character of the voice expressing an emotion. 3. The tension present in resting muscles. 4. Firmness of the tissues; normal functioning of all the organs. 5. To perform toning. [G. tonos, t., or a t.]

- affective t., emotional t. SYN: feeling t..

- feeling t. the mental state (pleasure, repugnance, etc.) that accompanies every act or thought. SYN: affective t., emotional t., affectivity.

- fundamental t. the component of lowest frequency in a complex sound.

- heart tones SYN: heart sounds, under sound.

- Traube double t. a double sound heard on auscultation over the femoral vessels in cases of aortic and tricuspid insufficiency.

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tone 'tōn n

1) a sound of definite pitch and vibration

2 a) 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

b) normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli specif TONUS (2)

tone vt, toned; ton·ing to impart tone to <\tone the muscles>

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n.

see tonus

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(tōn) [Gr. tonos; L. tonus] 1. the normal degree of vigor and tension. 2. tonus. 3. a particular quality of sound or of voice. 4. to make permanent, or to change, the color of silver stain by chemical treatment, usually with a heavy metal.