tonal variation

collocation in English

meaningsoftonalandvariation

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tonal
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.nəl/us
/ˈtoʊ.nəl/
musicspecialized
relating to the quality of sound of a musical instrument or ...
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variation
noun
uk
/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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(Definition oftonalandvariationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If variation and change of the rising tones may be sociolinguistic in nature, how extensive is thistonalvariationacross the community?
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The lack of textural andtonalvariationmade photographs difficult to interpret.
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In guitar performance elements such as musical dynamic andtonalvariationare mostly determined by the hand that physically produces the sound.
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The central chapters on the tonal system and tonal variations are the most highly developed in the book.
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Thetonalvariationis controlled by the level of acid exposure over large areas, and thus the image is shaped by large sections at a time.
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It is concentrated realism of extraordinary formal polish and the amount oftonalvariationwhich it gets from its seemingly simple plot is multifoliate to the point of being awesome.
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The horizontal axis of the graph represents the tonal variations, while the vertical axis represents the number of pixels in that particular tone.
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The material lent itself to the depiction of tonal variations and texture, so facilitating the observation of nature in great detail.
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This system could produce tonal variations in the prints.
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Sometimes, like folk artists, he applied flat colors without creating tonal variations.
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By 1983, he was laminating squares and rectangles of different colors of glass together to create tonal variations within a single work.
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