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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
Prefix
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- (medicine) Tonus: muscle tone, or tension in an organ.
- (linguistics) Relating to tone in linguistics.
- Acoustic pitch or musical tone.
- Tension, tense, or stretched.
Derived terms
[edit]terms derived from tension
terms derived from toneme
terms derived from tonus
Anagrams
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