plural of tendency tone

(phonetics) A tone whose pitch changes during the syllable.

(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones or two-twelfths of an octave

plural of touch-tone

(music) The musical interval equal to one quarter of a tone or 1/24 of an octave; half a semitone.

Paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white.

(UK) Alternative form of dial tone

plural of entering tone

(phonetics) A form of downdrift in which the high or mid tones, but not the low tone, shift downward in pitch after certain other tones. The result is that a tone may be realized at a certain pitch over a short stretch of speech, shifts downward and then continues at its new level, then shifts downward again, until the end of the prosodic contour is reached, at which point the pitch resets.

plural of floating tone