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compound tone

Meaning of "compound tone" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF COMPOUND TONE

ˈkɒmpaʊnd təʊn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPOUND TONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Compound tone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMPOUND TONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of compound tone in the English dictionary

The definition of compound tone in the dictionary is a sound composed of several sinusoidal waveforms superimposed upon one main one.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPOUND TONE

acetone · baritone · Blackstone · cornerstone · firestone · gemstone · hearthstone · histone · ketone · keystone · limestone · Menton · milestone · rhinestone · ringtone · sandstone · stone · tombstone · tone · Yellowstone

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPOUND TONE

compote · compotier · compound · compound annual return · compound engine · compound eye · compound fault · compound flower · compound fraction · compound fracture · compound interest · compound leaf · compound lens · compound microscope · compound number · compound sentence · compound time · compoundable · compounder · compounding

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPOUND TONE

aeolian tone · combination tone · dial tone · dialling tone · differential tone · engaged tone · Gregorian tone · hum tone · kill two birds with one stone · partial tone · passing tone · pure tone · quarter tone · resultant tone · ringing tone · side tone · stepping stone · strike tone · summational tone · whole tone

Synonyms and antonyms of compound tone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «compound tone» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF COMPOUND TONE

Find out the translation of compound tone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of compound tone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «compound tone» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

复合音
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tono compuesto
570 millions of speakers
en

English

compound tone
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मिश्रित स्वर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لهجة مجمع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

соединение тон
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

tom composto
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

যৌগিক স্বন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

composé ton
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Nada kompaun
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Verbindung Ton
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

複合音
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

복합 톤
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nada majemuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giai điệu hợp chất
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கலவை தொனி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कंपाऊंड टोन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Bileşik ton
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tono composto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ton związek
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

з´єднання тон
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ton compus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ένωση τόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saamgestelde toon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förening ston
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sammensatte tone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of compound tone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPOUND TONE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about compound tone

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPOUND TONE»

Discover the use of compound tone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to compound tone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On the Sensations of Tone
compound tone of F. Both of these chords are directly related to the first c+«i— g, because each has one note in common with it, g and c respectively. But we can also allow the compound tone to proceed in Thirds, and then we obtain minor ...
Hermann L. F Von Helmholtz, 2007
2
On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the ...
compound tone of F. Both of these chords are directly related to the first c + el — g, because each has one note in common with it, g and c respectively. But we can also allow the compound tone to proceed in Thirds, and then we obtain minor ...
Hermann von Helmholtz, 1912
3
On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the ...
According to our view the fundamental bass of a chord is that compound tone which is either exclusively or principally represented by the notes of the chord. In this sense Rameau's rule coincides with that for the melodic progression of a single ...
Hermann Ludwig F. von Helmholtz, 1875
4
Tones and Tunes: Typological studies in word and sentence ...
to.mo.da.ti-GA 'friend-NOM' The fact that the teenage group obeyed the phrasal tone rule rather faithfully but not the compound tone rule indicates that the compound tone system sketched in section 2.3 is undergoing a considerable change, ...
Tomas Riad, Carlos Gussenhoven, 2007
5
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Helmholtz defines it as ' the compound tone which represents the chord, as distinguished from its bass, that is, the tone which belongs to the lowest part.' c. H. H. p. FURIANT, a movement of a fiery, impulsive character, such as would be ...
Sir George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, 1906
6
African Linguistics: Essays in Memory of M.W.K. Semikenke
Other cases of the compound tone are to be found which arise in yet another way , and are to be treated differently. Migaama exemplifies the not unusual situation of a phonological item, here the 'compound' tone, being assigned to loan words,  ...
Didier L. Goyvaerts, 1985
7
Prosodic Systems and Intonation in English
(b) The final element of glissando is insufficiently phonetically prominent to act as the first element of a compound tone. Also this final element may be very narrow ( disallowing its being taken as the fall of a fall-plus- rise) or very wide ...
David Crystal, 1976
8
Gateway to Memory: An Introduction to Neural Network ...
However, the rabbits generalize incorrectly and also give strong responses to the compound tone and light stimulus (solid circles). Only with extensive training do the rabbits begin to suppress responding to the compound while maintaining ...
Mark A. Gluck, Catherine E. Myers, 2001
9
The Musical Quarterly
The a" produced by a violin is only fictitiously called a", because what a violin produces is, in fact, a compound-tone, that is, a prime and a certain amount of upper and lower partials, specially upper ones, though the lower have been lately ...
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, 1922
10
Therapeutic and Everyday Discourse as Behavior Change: ...
However, the "special reason" for using the compound tone is not apparent in the previous or subsequent discourse. For instance, in II(2), designs receives the compound tone rising-falling + low-rising. The difficulty of interpreting the ...
Jurg Siegfried, 1995

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPOUND TONE»

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1
The Golden Ratio And The Guitar, A Match Made In Equal …
The lowest frequency within the compound tone is called the fundamental or prime and by being generally the loudest, conveys the sense of ... «Guitar International, Sep 11»
REFERENCE
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