Standard Lemma guide
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Tonus: muscle tone, or tension in an organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Relating to tone in linguistics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Acoustic pitch or musical tone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Tension, tense, or stretched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. English tono- From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
