For your edification (or education if you prefer). No. 9 seems most appropriate but I could go with 10.tone (təʊn) — n 1. sound with reference to quality, pitch, or volume 2. short for tone colour 3. ( US ), ( Canadian ) another word for note 4. (in acoustic analysis) a sound resulting from periodic or regular vibrations, composed either of a simple sinusoidal waveform ( pure tone ) or of several such waveforms superimposed upon one main one ( compound tone ) 5. an interval of a major second; whole tone 6. Also called: Gregorian tone any of several plainsong melodies or other chants used in the singing of psalms 7. linguistics any of the pitch levels or pitch contours at which a syllable may be pronounced, such as high tone, falling tone, etc 8. the quality or character of a sound: a nervous tone of voice 9. general aspect, quality, or style: I didn't like the tone of his speech 10. high quality or style: to lower the tone of a place 11. the quality of a given colour, as modified by mixture with white or black; shade; tint: a tone of red 12. physiol a. the normal tension of a muscle at rest b. the natural firmness of the tissues and normal functioning of bodily organs in health 13. the overall effect of the colour values and gradations of light and dark in a picture 14. photog a colour or shade of colour, including black or grey, of a particular area on a negative or positive that can be distinguished from surrounding lighter or darker areas — vb (often foll by with ) 15. to be of a matching or similar tone (to): the curtains tone with the carpet 16. ( tr ) to give a tone to or correct the tone of 17. ( tr ) photog to soften or change the colour of the tones of (a photographic image) by chemical means 18. ( tr ) to give greater firmness or strength to (the body or a part of the body) 19. an archaic word for intone [C14: from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos tension, tone, from teinein to stretch]
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