Intonation

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1. Noun

A thundering; thunder.

2. Noun

The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

3. Noun

Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.

4. Noun

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.

5. Noun

rise and fall of the voice pitch
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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