Synonyms of the word

tonicity

• n. (medicine) The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus.
• n. (sciences) The ability of a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane.

tautness

• n. The property of being taut.

tenseness

• n. The characteristic of being tense.
• n. (phonetics) A particular vowel or consonant quality that is phonemically contrastive in many languages,…

tension

• n. Condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each…
• n. Psychological state of being tense.
• n. A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.
• n. (physics, engineering) State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
• n. (physics, engineering) Force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with prepositions…
• n. (physics, engineering) Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension,…
• v. To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.

tensity

• n. The quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension.

tone

• n. (music) A specific pitch.
• n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
• n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
• n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
• n. General character, mood, or trend.
• n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
• n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking…
• n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
• n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
• n. The shade or quality of a colour.
• n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
• n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus.
• n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy…
• n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
• v. (transitive) to give a particular tone to.
• v. (transitive) to change the colour of.
• v. (transitive) to make (something) firmer.
• v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour.
• v. (transitive) To utter with an affected tone.
• pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two).

tonus

• n. (biology) tonicity; tone.