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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Tonality \To*nal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. tonalit['e].] (Mus.)
     The principle of key in music; the character which a
     composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written,
     or through the family relationship of all its tones and
     chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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. --Helmholtz.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tonality \To*nal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. tonalit['e].] (Mus.)
     The principle of key in music; the character which a
     composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written,
     or through the family relationship of all its tones and
     chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.
  
           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. --Helmholtz.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  tonality
       n : any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the
           tonal framework for a piece of music [syn: key] [ant: atonality]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tonality
     n.
     1 (lb en music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the
  24 major and minor scales.
     2 (lb en music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
     3 (lb en music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard
  in relation to the tonic.
     4 The interrelation of the tones in a painting.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  tonality
     n.
     1 (lb en music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the
  24 major and minor scales.
     2 (lb en music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
     3 (lb en music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard
  in relation to the tonic.
     4 The interrelation of the tones in a painting.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  tonality
     n.
     1 (lb en music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the
  24 major and minor scales.
     2 (lb en music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
     3 (lb en music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard
  in relation to the tonic.
     4 The interrelation of the tones in a painting.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  tonality
     n.
     1 (lb en music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the
  24 major and minor scales.
     2 (lb en music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
     3 (lb en music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard
  in relation to the tonic.
     4 The interrelation of the tones in a painting.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Tonality /təʊnˈalɪti/
  تناسق الأنغام

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  tonality /təʊnˈalɪti/ 
  тона́лност
  system of seven tones and tonic key

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tonality /təʊnˈalɪti/ 
  tonalita

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tonality /təʊnˈalɪti/
  Tonalität 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  tonality /təʊnˈalɪti/ 
  tonaalisuus
  system of seven tones and tonic key

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  tonality /təʊnˈalɪti/
  1. tónusosság
  2. hangszínezet
  3. hangrendszer
  4. tonalitás
  5. hangnem

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  tonality /təʊnˈalɪti/ 
  tonalitet
  system of seven tones and tonic key

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  tonality /təʊnˈalɪti/
  1. (müz.) tonalite, tonculuk, bir bestenin ton özelliği
  2. resimde renk uygunluğu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/toʊˈnæɫəti/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "tonality":
     French pitch, Klangfarbe, arc lighting, black and white,
     chiaroscuro, clang color, classical pitch, color, coloring,
     contrast, decorative lighting, depth, direct lighting, dominant,
     dulcetness, electric lighting, enlightenment, festoon lighting,
     floodlighting, fluorescent lighting, gaslighting, glow lighting,
     height, high pitch, highlights, illumination,
     incandescent lighting, indirect lighting, irradiation, key,
     key signature, keynote, light and shade, lighting, low pitch,
     major, major key, mediant, mellifluence, mellifluousness,
     melodiousness, melody, minor, musical quality, musical sound,
     musicality, new philharmonic pitch, note, overhead lighting,
     pedal point, philharmonic pitch, philosophical pitch, pitch,
     radiation, register, spot lighting, stage lighting, standard pitch,
     strip lighting, subdominant, submediant, subtonic, supertonic,
     sweetness, timbre, tone, tone color, tone quality, tonic,
     tonic key, tune, tunefulness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 音调,色调;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 音调,色调

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