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intonation
(encz) | intonation,intonace n: joe@hw.cz |
Intonation
(gcide) | Intonation \In`to*na"tion\, n. [See 1st Intonate.]
A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Intonation
(gcide) | Intonation \In`to*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. intonation. See
Intone.]
1. (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.
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2. The manner of speaking, especially the placement of
emphasis, the cadence, and the rise and fall of the pitch
of the voice while speaking.
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intonation
(wn) | intonation
n 1: rise and fall of the voice pitch [syn: intonation,
modulation, pitch contour]
2: singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong
3: the act of singing in a monotonous tone [syn: intonation,
chanting]
4: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument);
especially the exactitude of the pitch relations |
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fixed intonation
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intonation pattern
(encz) | intonation pattern, n: |
intonational
(encz) | intonational,intonační adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Intonation
(gcide) | Intonation \In`to*na"tion\, n. [See 1st Intonate.]
A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
[1913 Webster]Intonation \In`to*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. intonation. See
Intone.]
1. (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.
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2. The manner of speaking, especially the placement of
emphasis, the cadence, and the rise and fall of the pitch
of the voice while speaking.
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Just intonation
(gcide) | Just \Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law,
justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to
join. Cf. Injury, Judge, Jury, Giusto.]
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1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not
doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation;
upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons
and things. "O just but severe law!" --Shak.
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There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good,
and sinneth not. --Eccl. vii.
20.
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Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have.
--Lev. xix.
36.
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How should man be just with God? --Job ix. 2.
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We know your grace to be a man.
Just and upright. --Shak.
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2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety;
conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a
proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due;
as, a just statement; a just inference.
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Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. --Pope.
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The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship
To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies.
--Shak.
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He was a comely personage, a little above just
stature. --Bacon.
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Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant
heat. --Jer. Taylor.
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When all
The war shall stand ranged in its just array.
--Addison.
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Their names alone would make a just volume.
--Burton.
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3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due;
equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
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Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as
to praise it in others, even when they do not
practice it themselves. --Tillotson.
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Just intonation. (Mus.)
(a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true
pitch.
(b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or
their exact mathematical ratio, or without
temperament; a process in which the number of notes
and intervals required in the various keys is much
greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems
of temperament. --H. W. Poole.
Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial;
proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.
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fixed intonation
(wn) | fixed intonation
n 1: the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of
each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer |
intonation pattern
(wn) | intonation pattern
n 1: intonations characteristic of questions and requests and
statements |
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