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tone musical sound or note XIV; larger interval between notes in the diatonic scale XVII; pitch, modulation of voice, etc.; degree of tension; style of thought, etc. prevailing state of conduct, etc.; any of the nine plainsong tunes XVIII; word or syllable accent; quality of colour XIX. repr. various adoptions of (O)F. ton or its source L. tonus tension, sound, tone — Gr. tónos.
So tonal XVIII. — medL. tonālis; see -AL1 — tonality XIX.

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