ton
noun
1 ton
A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
synonyms: net ton, short ton.
Roget 852:
fashion,
style,
ton,
bon ton†,
society;
good society,
polite society;
monde [Fr.];
drawing-room,
civilized life,
civilization,
town,
beau monde [Fr.],
high life,
court;
world;
fashionable world,
gay world;
Vanity Fair;
show
etc.
(ostentation)
822.
manners,
breeding
etc.
(politeness)
894;
air,
demeanor
etc.
(appearance)
448;
savoir faire [Fr.];
gentlemanliness†,
gentility,
decorum,
propriety,
biens_eance [Fr.];
conventions of society;
Mrs.
Grundy;
punctilio;
form,
formality;
etiquette,
point of etiquette;
dress
etc.
225.
custom
etc.
613;
mode,
vogue,
go;
rage
etc.
(desire)
865;
prevailing taste;
fad,
trend,
bandwagon,
furore†,
thing,
in thing,
craze,
chic,
last word.
man of fashion,
woman of fashion,
man of the world,
woman of the world;
height of fashion,
pink of fashion,
star of fashion,
glass of fashion,
leader of fashion;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]
etc.
(taste)
850;
the beautiful people,
the fashion set,
upper ten thousand
etc.
(nobility)
875;
elite
etc.
(distinction)
873;
smart set;
the four hundred [U.S.];
in crowd.
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Polish: tona amerykańska, sh. tn.
2 ton
A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds.
synonyms: gross ton, long ton.
Roget 319:
gravity,
gravitation;
weight;
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
specific gravity;
pondorosity†,
pressure,
load;
burden,
burthen†;
ballast,
counterpoise;
lump of,
mass of,
weight of.
lead,
millstone,
mountain,
Ossa on Pelion.
weighing,
ponderation†,
trutination†;
weights;
avoirdupois weight,
troy weight,
apothecaries' weight;
grain,
scruple,
drachma†,
ounce,
pound,
lb,
arroba†,
load,
stone,
hundredweight,
cwt,
ton,
long ton,
metric ton,
quintal,
carat,
pennyweight,
tod†.
[metric weights]
gram,
centigram,
milligram,
microgram,
kilogram;
nanogram,
picogram,
femtogram,
attogram.
[Weighing Instrument]
balance,
scale,
scales,
steelyard,
beam,
weighbridge†;
spring balance,
piezoelectric balance,
analytical balance,
two-pan balance,
one-pan balance;
postal scale,
baby scale.
[Science of gravity]
statics.
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Polish: tona angielska, tona standardowa, tona waszyngtońska, ts, tW
tone
noun
1 tone
The quality of a person's voice:
— He began in a conversational tone.
— He spoke in a nervous tone of voice.
synonym: tone of voice.
Roget 402:
sound,
noise,
strain;
accent,
twang,
intonation,
tone;
cadence;
sonorousness
etc.
adj.;
audibility;
resonance
etc.
408;
voice
etc.
580;
aspirate;
ideophone†;
rough breathing.
[Science, of sound]
acoustics;
phonics,
phonetics,
phonology,
phonography†;
diacoustics†,
diaphonics†;
phonetism†.
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Roget 627:
method,
way,
manner,
wise,
gait,
form,
mode,
fashion,
tone,
guise;
modus operandi,
MO;
procedure
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
path,
road,
route,
course;
line of way,
line of road;
trajectory,
orbit,
track,
beat,
tack.
steps;
stair,
staircase;
flight of stairs,
ladder,
stile;
perron†.
bridge,
footbridge,
viaduct,
pontoon,
steppingstone,
plank,
gangway;
drawbridge;
pass,
ford,
ferry,
tunnel;
pipe
etc.
260.
door;
gateway
etc.
(opening)
260;
channel,
passage,
avenue,
means of access,
approach,
adit†;
artery,
lane,
loan [Scot.],
alley,
aisle,
lobby,
corridor;
back-door,
back-stairs;
secret passage;
covert way;
vennel†.
roadway,
pathway,
stairway;
express;
thoroughfare;
highway;
turnpike,
freeway,
royal road,
coach road;
broad highway,
King's highway,
Queen's highway;
beaten track,
beaten path;
horse road,
bridle road,
bridle track,
bridle path;
walk,
trottoir†,
footpath,
pavement,
flags,
sidewalk;
crossroad,
byroad,
bypath,
byway;
cut;
short cut
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
carrefour†;
private road,
occupation road;
highways and byways;
railroad,
railway,
tram road,
tramway;
towpath;
causeway;
canal
etc.
(conduit)
350;
street
etc.
(abode)
189;
speedway.
adv..
how;
in what way,
in what manner;
by what mode;
so,
in this way,
after this fashion.
one way or another,
anyhow;
somehow or other
etc.
(instrumentality)
631;
by way of;
via;
in transitu [Lat.]
etc.
270;
on the high road to.
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Roget 431:
blackness,
etc.
adj.;
darkness,
etc.
(want of light)..
421;
swartliness†,
lividity,
dark color,
tone,
color;
chiaroscuro
etc.
420.
nigrification†,
infuscation†.
jet,
ink,
ebony,
coal pitch,
soot,
charcoal,
sloe,
smut,
raven,
crow.
[derogatory terms for black-skinned people]
negro,
blackamoor,
man of color,
nigger,
darkie,
Ethiop,
black;
buck,
nigger [U.S.];
coon [U.S.],
sambo.
[Pigments]
lampblack,
ivory black,
blueblack;
writing ink,
printing ink,
printer's ink,
Indian ink,
India ink.
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Roget 7:
state,
condition,
category,
estate,
lot,
ease,
trim,
mood,
pickle,
plight,
temper;
aspect
etc.
(appearance)
448,
dilemma,
pass,
predicament.
constitution,
habitude,
diathesis†;
frame,
fabric
etc.
329;
stamp,
set,
fit,
mold,
mould.
mode,
modality,
schesis†;
form
etc.
(shape)
240.
tone,
tenor,
turn;
trim,
guise,
fashion,
light,
complexion,
style,
character.
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2 tone
linguistics A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages.
Dutch: hele toon, timbre, noot, toon
Polish: intonacja, ton
3 tone
music The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound):
— The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet.
synonyms: quality, timber, timbre.
Roget 176:
tendency;
aptness,
aptitude;
proneness,
proclivity,
bent,
turn,
tone,
bias,
set,
leaning to,
predisposition,
inclination,
propensity,
susceptibility;
conatus [Lat.],
nisus [Lat.];
liability
etc.
177;
quality,
nature,
temperament;
idiocrasy†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast,
vein,
grain;
humor,
mood;
drift
etc.
(direction)
278;
conduciveness,
conducement†;
applicability
etc.
(utility)
644;
subservience
etc.
(instrumentality)
631.
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Dutch: geluid, klankkleur, timbre, toon
Polish: tembr, timbre
4 tone
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people:
— A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting.
synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit.
Roget 820:
affections,
affect;
character,
qualities,
disposition,
nature,
spirit,
tone;
temper,
temperament;
diathesis†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast of mind,
cast of soul,
habit of mind,
habit of soul,
frame of mind,
frame of soul;
predilection,
turn,
natural turn of mind;
bent,
bias,
predisposition,
proneness,
proclivity,
propensity,
propenseness†,
propension†,
propendency†;
vein,
humor,
mood,
grain,
mettle;
sympathy
etc.
(love)
897.
soul,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
inner man;
heart's core,
heart's strings,
heart's blood;
heart of hearts,
bottom of one's heart,
penetralia mentis [Lat.];
secret and inmost recesses of the heart,
cockles of one's heart;
inmost heart,
inmost soul;
backbone.
passion,
pervading spirit;
ruling passion,
master passion;
furore†;
fullness of the heart,
heyday of the blood,
flesh and blood,
flow of soul.
energy,
fervor,
fire,
force.
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Dutch: accent, gevoel, toon
5 tone
A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color.
synonyms: shade, tincture, tint.
Roget 428:
color,
hue,
tint,
tinge,
dye,
complexion,
shade,
tincture,
cast,
livery,
coloration,
glow,
flush;
tone,
key.
pure color,
positive color,
primary color,
primitive complementary color;
three primaries;
spectrum,
chromatic dispersion;
broken color,
secondary color,
tertiary color.
local color,
coloring,
keeping,
tone,
value,
aerial perspective.
[Science of color]
chromatics,
spectrum analysis,
spectroscopy;
chromatism†,
chromatography†,
chromatology†.
[instruments to measure color]
prism,
spectroscope,
spectrograph,
spectrometer,
colorimeter
(optical instruments)
445.
pigment,
coloring matter,
paint,
dye,
wash,
distemper,
stain;
medium;
mordant;
oil paint
etc.
(painting)
556.
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Dutch: kleurschakering, nuance, schakering, tint
Polish: ton, odcień, nuta
6 tone
A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.
synonyms: musical note, note.
Roget 413:
melody,
rhythm,
measure;
rhyme
etc.
(poetry)
597.
pitch,
timbre,
intonation,
tone.
scale,
gamut;
diapason;
diatonic chromatic scale†,
enharmonic scale†;
key,
clef,
chords.
modulation,
temperament,
syncope,
syncopation,
preparation,
suspension,
resolution.
staff,
stave,
line,
space,
brace;
bar,
rest;
appoggiato†,
appoggiatura†;
acciaccatura†.
note,
musical note,
notes of a scale;
sharp,
flat,
natural;
high note
etc.
(shrillness)
410;
low note
etc.
408;
interval;
semitone;
second,
third,
fourth
&c.;
diatessaron†.
breve,
semibreve [Mus.],
minim,
crotchet,
quaver;
semiquaver,
demisemiquaver,
hemidemisemiquaver;
sustained note,
drone,
burden.
tonic;
key note,
leading note,
fundamental note;
supertonic†,
mediant†,
dominant;
submediant†,
subdominant†;
octave,
tetrachord†;
major key,
minor key,
major scale,
minor scale,
major mode,
minor mode;
passage,
phrase.
concord,
harmony;
emmeleia†;
unison,
unisonance†;
chime,
homophony;
euphony,
euphonism†;
tonality;
consonance;
consent;
part.
[Science of harmony]
harmony,
harmonics;
thorough-bass,
fundamental-bass;
counterpoint;
faburden†.
piece of music
etc.
415 [Fr.];
composer,
harmonist†,
contrapuntist
(musician)
416.
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Polish: notka
7 tone
A steady sound without overtones:
— They tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies.
synonym: pure tone.
Polish: ton
8 tone
The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.
synonyms: tonicity, tonus.
Roget 159:
strength;
power
etc.
157;
energy
etc.
171;
vigor,
force;
main force,
physical force,
brute force;
spring,
elasticity,
tone,
tension,
tonicity.
stoutness
etc.
adj.;
lustihood†,
stamina,
nerve,
muscle,
sinew,
thews and sinews,
physique;
pith,
pithiness;
virtility,
vitality.
athletics,
athleticism†;
gymnastics,
feats of strength.
adamant,
steel,
iron,
oak,
heart of oak;
iron grip;
grit,
bone.
athlete,
gymnast,
acrobat;
superman,
Atlas,
Hercules,
Antaeus†,
Samson,
Cyclops,
Goliath;
tower of strength;
giant refreshed.
strengthening
etc.
v.;
invigoration,
refreshment,
refocillation†.
[Science of forces]
dynamics,
statics.
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Dutch: tonus
Polish: tonus mięśniowy, napięcie mięśniowe, tonus
9 tone
10 tone
The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author.
verb
1 tone
Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.
synonyms: chant, intone.
2 tone
3 tone
Change the color or tone of.
4 tone
5 tone
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