Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intonation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intonation \In`to*na"tion\, n. [See 1st {Intonate}.]
A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intonation \In`to*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. intonation. See
{Intone}.] (Mus.)
(a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
(b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her
intonation was false.
(c) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or
singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or
canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See {Intone},
v. t.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intonation
n 1: rise and fall of the voice pitch [syn: {pitch contour}]
2: the act of singing in a monotonous tone [syn: {chanting}]
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