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Definition: Tonality |
TonalityNoun1. Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: TonalitySynonym: key (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: atonality (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hermann von Helmholtz wrote, "The predominance of the tonic as the link which connects all the tones of a piece, we may, with F['e]tis, term the principle of tonality."
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tonality."
Crosswords: Tonality |
| English words defined with "tonality": atonal, atonally ♦ polytonal ♦ tonal ♦ unkeyed. (references) |
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| "Tonality" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tonality" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 50 | 48,117 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "tonality": bi-tonality, non-tonality. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tonality | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tonality"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tonalitet (mode, tone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | النغمية صفة اللحن المتوفقة, الصبغية النسق اللوني بالصورة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цветна гама, тоналност (key). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 音调. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tónování. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tonaliteitsomkeerder (tonality reverser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | säveljärjestelmä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tonalité (tone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tonalität. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τόνοσ (accent, ictus, intonation, pitch, strain, stress, ton, tone, tuna), τονικότησ (tonicity), τονικότητα (tonicity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | טו ליות, צליליות (resonance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hangszínezet (tone), hangnem (key, keynote, mode, mood, note, strain, tenor, tone, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tonalit (key, shade, tone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | デ杯 (bathroom, Davis Cup, lavatory, prerecorded announcement, restroom, talk, talk show, talkie, Taurus, tautology, toad, toast, toaster, tochka, toe, toe dance, toe kick, toeshows, together, Togo, toilet, toilet case, toilet paper, toilet powder, toilet soap, toiletry, Tokaji, Tokamak, Tokay, token, tokenism, toll, tollgate, tonal, tone, tone down, tooth, torch, torch lamp, torch relay, tornado, torus, total, Total Energy System, total fashion, total look, total product, totalizator system, tote bag, totem, totem pole, totemism, tournament, tournament pro, toxoplasma, true, try for point, tutti). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | トーナリティ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tonoilaght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onalitytay tonalidade (hue, timbre, tone, turn-up). (various references) tonalitate (key, scheme of color, scheme of colour, tone). (various references) тональность (key). (various references) tonalitet. (various references) tonalidad (tone). (various references) tonalitet (voice), färgton (hue, key, tinge, tint, tone), färgskala. (various references) tonalite, ton özelliği, renk uyumu. (various references) тональність. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "tonality": atonality, microtonality, polytonality. (additional references) | |
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"Tonality" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tonalists, tonalitic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tonality" (pronounced tōna"lutē) |
| 6 | -n a" l u t ē | banality, commonality, conditionality, constitutionality, criminality, dimensionality, finality, functionality, impersonality, irrationality, nationality, originality, personality, proportionality, rationality, venality. |
| 5 | -a" l u t ē | abnormality, actuality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, confidentiality, congeniality, criticality, cyclicality, duality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, formality, frugality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, individuality, informality, instrumentality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, neutrality, normality, partiality, plurality, practicality, principality, punctuality, reality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, vitality. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-n-o-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: nattily. | |
-2 letters: aliyot, latino, lattin, litany, talion. | |
-3 letters: aloin, atilt, atony, inlay, laity, linty, lytta, natty, nitty, noily, notal, taint, talon, tanto, titan, tolan, tonal, total. | |
-4 letters: alit, alto, anil, anti, ayin, inly, into, iota, lain, lati, lino, lint, liny, lion, loan, loin, lota, loti, nail, naoi, noil, nota, oily, only, tail, tain, tali. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-n-o-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: atonality. | |
+2 letters: butylation, frontality, notability. | |
+3 letters: acetylation, antidotally, butylations, importantly, methylation, nationality, notionality, obstinately, optionality, potentially, rationality, stylization, tonetically, ventilatory. | |
+4 letters: acetylations, antiroyalist, countability, detonability, emotionality, exorbitantly, fictionality, inconstantly, intolerantly, methylations, mutationally, polytonality, potentiality, stylizations, tectonically, tinctorially, torrentially, transitorily, voluntaryist. | |
+5 letters: anthophyllite, antiroyalists, catatonically, conceptuality, concomitantly, connaturality, connotatively, continentally, contractility, contrastively, cytogenetical, functionality, horizontality, importunately, incontestably, inhospitality, intentionally, intoxicatedly, irrationality, microtonality, monumentality, negotiability, nutritionally, obtainability, orthogonality, outstandingly, pneumatolytic, situationally, traditionally, voluntaryists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 6E 61 6C 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- -. .- .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o n a l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 006E 0061 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5481806778758691 |
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