Tonicity; as, arterial tone.

State of mind; temper; mood.

The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the
diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone
too flat; raise it a tone.

That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in
which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as,
a rich tone, a reedy tone.

A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the
octave; she has good high tones.

Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted
to express emotion or passion.

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as
of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet,
or harsh tone.

A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial
strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a
regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a
tone.

A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.