tonal
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
Chinese is a tonal language
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Sense 2 adjective
having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tone |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | tone |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | atonal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | timbre |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pure tone |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tonality |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | keyed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | diatonic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | polytonal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | toned |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tonic |