тонус — meaning in English

English meaning

• tone noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.
• tonicity noun The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus

Senses

тонус is used for these senses in English:

• tone (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
• tonicity (medicine) The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus

tone — full definition

1. noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.
2. noun The overall attitude or mood conveyed in writing or speech.
3. noun A shade or variation of a colour.
4. verb To adjust or soften the character or intensity of something (often "tone down").

tonicity — full definition

1. noun The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus
2. noun The ability of nonpenetrable solutes in a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane

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