TWELVE-TONE

Meaning of TWELVE-TONE in English

/twelv"tohn"/ , adj. Music.

1. based on or incorporating the twelve-tone technique: twelve-tone music.

2. using or advocating the twelve-tone technique: a twelve-tone composer.

[ 1935-40 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TWELVE-TONE — adjective Date: 1926 of, relating to, or being serial music utilizing the 12 chromatic tones
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TWELVE-TONE — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : of or relating to music based on the 12 chromatic tones of the octave used in any …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWELVE-TONE — adjective Date: 1926 : of, relating to, or being serial music utilizing the 12 chromatic tones
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWELVE-TONE — Pronunciation: - ' t ō n Function: adjective Date: 1926 : of, relating to, or being serial music utilizing the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TWELVE-TONE — [twelve-tone] adj (1926): of, relating to, or being serial music utilizing the 12 chromatic tones
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TWELVE-TONE — twelve-tone BrE AmE ˌtwelv ˈtəʊn ◂ ˈ•• AmE \ -ˈtoʊn ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TWELVE-TONE — ➡ dodecaphonic
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWELVE-TONE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TWELVE-TONE — adj. Twelve-tone is used with these nouns: ↑ music
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TWELVE-TONE — (музыкальное) додекафонический - * system додекафония
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWELVE-TONE — a муз. додекафонический twelve-tone system - додекафония
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TWELVE TONE — (a) додекафонический
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TWELVE-TONE — a муз. додекафонический ~ system - додекафония
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TWELVE-TONE — a муз. додекафонический twelve-tone system - додекафония
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TWELVE-TONE — (музыкальное) додекафонический - * system додекафония
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWELVE — The name of Ahl al Bayt are not limited to Imam `Ali, Bibi Faatima, Imam al Hasan and Imam al …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
TWELVE — I. ˈtwelv, -eu̇v, chiefly South -e(ə)v adjective Etymology: Middle English twelf, twelve, adjective & pron., from Old English twelf; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONE — I. ˈtōn pronoun Etymology: Middle English ton, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of thet on the one, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWELVE — (n.) A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
Английский словарь Webster
TWELVE — (n.) The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; …
Английский словарь Webster
TWELVE — ( n. ) The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWELVE — ( n. ) A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWELVE — /twelv/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 2. 2. a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONE — — toneless , adj. — tonelessly , adv. — tonelessness , n. /tohn/ , n. , v. , toned, toning …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TWELVE — adj. being 12 in number, amounting to twelve
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TWELVE — n. number 12; group of twelve persons or things
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TONE — I. ˈtōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tun, ton, from Latin tonus tension, tone, from Greek tonos, literally, act …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWELVE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English twelf; akin to Old High German zwelif twelve, Old English twā two, -leofan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWELVE — noun a symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. 2. twelve ·adj one more that eleven; two and ten; …
Webster English vocab
TONE — noun tonicity; as, arterial tone. 2. tone ·noun state of mind; temper; mood. 3. tone ·vt to utter with an …
Webster English vocab
TWELVE — ■ cardinal number 1》 equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12. (Roman numeral: xii …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TWELVE — [twelve] n [ME, fr. OE twelf; akin to OHG zwelif twelve, OE twa two, -leofan (as in endleofan eleven)--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONE — in linguistics, a variation in the pitch of the voice while speaking. The word tone is usually applied to those …
Britannica English vocabulary
TWELVE — twelve BrE AmE twelv ▷ twelves twelvz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TONE — / təʊn; NAmE toʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun OF VOICE 1. [ C ] the quality of sb's voice, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWELVE — twelve /twelv/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: twelf ] the number 12 ⇨ dozen : He …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONE — I. tone 1 S3 W2 /təʊn $ toʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tonus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TWELVE — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than eleven; the product of two units and six units. 2 a symbol …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TWELVE — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than eleven; the product of two units and six units. 2 a symbol …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONE — n. & v. n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TWELVE — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than eleven; the product of two units and six units. 2 a symbol …
Oxford English vocab
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
TWELVE — ( twelves) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Twelve is the number 12. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — ( tones, toning, toned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWELVE — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Twelve is the number 12. NUM
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TWELVE — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES twelve weeks pregnant/two months pregnant etc ▪ The doctor said that she was eight weeks …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES conciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc ▪ Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. dial tone …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWELVE — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 12ten, eleven, twelve, thirteena twelve-seater minibus"How many seats are left?" "Twelve (seats)."Jones is in …
Cambridge English vocab
TONE — Synonyms and related words : French pitch, Munsell chroma, Zeitgeist, accent, accidental, achromatism, action, actions, activity, acts, adaptability, address, affect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — I. noun 1 quality of a sound, esp. of the human voice ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , low ▪ hushed , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TONE — n. 25B6; noun the tone of the tuba : TIMBRE, sound, sound quality, voice, voice quality, colour, tone colour, tonality. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — n. 1 sound, note Odd tones emanated from the electronic music-maker 2 stress, emphasis, force, accent, intonation, modulation, phrasing, inflection, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TWELVE — 1. числ. колич. двенадцать 2. сущ. 1) двенадцать (число) 2) двенадцать человек; двенадцать предметов; двенадцать игроков команды 3) двенадцатый номер …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) тон, звук; муз. тон deep tone ≈ низкий звук dulcet, sweet tone ≈ нежный, сладкий звук …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWELVE — twelve.ogg 1. twelv n 1> двенадцать предметов или человек in /by/ twelves - по двенадцати 2> команда из двенадцати игроков …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONE — tone.ogg 1. təʋn n 1. тон; звук low high tone - низкий высокий тон harsh gentle, sweet, silvery tone - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONE — 1) тон 2) тембр 3) нота 4) тональный сигнал 5) цветовой тон; оттенок ( цвета ) ; полутон || тонировать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TONE — 1) тон 2) тембр 3) нота 4) тональный сигнал 5) цветовой тон; оттенок (цвета); полутон || тонировать • - broken tone - busy tone - color tone - combination …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TONE — 1) звук 2) тон 3) цветовой • audible ringing tone — сигнал контроля посылки вызова call tone volume — уровень тонального вызова - answer tone - beat …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TONE — tone сущ.1) а) звук, тон б) муз. тон (интервал, тж. whole tone), нота deep tone — низкий звук dulcet, sweet …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TWELVE — 1. [twelv] n 1) двенадцать предметов или человек in /by/ ~s - по двенадцати 2) команда из двенадцати игроков 3) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TWELVE — 1. twelv n 1) двенадцать предметов или человек in /by/ twelves - по двенадцати 2> команда из двенадцати игроков 3> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TONE — 1. təʋn n 1. тон; звук low high tone - низкий высокий тон harsh gentle, sweet, silvery tone - резкий …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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