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See also: tónus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus (a sound, tone). See tone.

Noun

tonus (countable and uncountable, plural tonuses)

  1. (biology) tonicity; tone
    muscular tonus
    • 1956, Personal character and cultural milieu: a collection of readings
      Dr. H. S. Sullivan, for example, is known to many for his acute understanding of the postural tonuses of his patients.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tonus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams


French

Etymology

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Noun

tonus m (plural tonus)

  1. muscle tone, tonicity, tonus
  2. (by extension) energy, strength

Further reading


Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, tone), from τείνω (teínō, I stretch).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. The stretching or straining of a rope.
  2. (by extension) A strain; tension.
  3. (figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something.
  4. (figuratively) A crack of thunder.

Inflection

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See also

Descendants

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References

  • tonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tonus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.