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Tonus

Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.

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Tension 76% connected

The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the m…

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Tensity 76% connected

The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.

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Tonic 74% connected

Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstructi…

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Tonic 74% connected

Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstructi…

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Tone 92% connected

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

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Tonicity 92% connected

The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

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Appoggiatura noun · 78% connection

A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree a…

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Brawn noun · 78% connection

Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.

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Break verb · 78% connection

To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, bu…

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Canting adjective · 78% connection

Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting t…

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D unknown · 78% connection

The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A…

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Dystrophy noun · 78% connection

any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

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E unknown · 78% connection

E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.

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Encephalitis lethargica noun · 78% connection

an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular w…

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F verb · 78% connection

The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

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Firmness noun · 78% connection

the muscle tone of healthy tissue; "his muscular firmness"

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Flat verb · 78% connection

To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

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