tonal (ˈtəʊnəl) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to tone |
| 2. | Compare atonal of, relating to, or utilizing the diatonic system; having an established key |
| 3. | a. (of an answer in a fugue) not having the same melodic intervals as the subject, so as to remain in the original key |
| b. Compare real denoting a fugue as having such an answer | |
| 'tonally | |
| —adv | |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |