intonation

  1. Noun.  (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
  2. Noun.  The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
  3. Noun.  Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
  4. Noun.  Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
  5. Noun.  A thundering; thunder.

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