meaning of intonation
1. A thundering; thunder.
2. The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
3. Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.
4. 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. the production of musical tones by voice or instrument; especially the exactitude of the pitch relations
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intonation | intonation pattern |