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tonale — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • prime adj Of the highest quality or importance; excellent.
  • tonal adj Of or relating to tones or tonality.

Senses

tonale is used for these senses in English:

  • prime (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.

prime — full definition

  1. adj Of the highest quality or importance; excellent.
  2. adj (mathematics) Of a number, divisible only by itself and one.
  3. verb To prepare something for use, especially by applying an initial coat or by getting it ready in advance.

tonal — full definition

  1. adj Of or relating to tones or tonality.
  2. adj Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
  3. adj Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
  4. adj Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).

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