TONALITY
To*nal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tonalité.] (Mus.)
Defn: The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole. The predominance of the tonic as the link which connects all the tones of a piece, we may, with Fétis, term the principle of tonality. Helmholtz.
TO-NAME
To"-name`, n. Etym: [prep. to + name.]
Defn: A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it. [Scot.] Jamieson.
TONCA BEAN
Ton"ca bean`. (Bot.)
Defn: See Tonka bean.
TONE
Tone, n. Etym: [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. Thin, and cf.
Monotonous, Thunder, Ton fasion,Tune.]
1. 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. [Harmony divine] smooths her charming tones. Milton. Tones that with seraph hymns might blend. Keble.
2. (Rhet.)
Defn: Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion. Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. Dryden.