intonation   (Sound)

The noun intonation has 4 senses

• intonation, modulation, pitch contour -- (rise and fall of the voice pitch)


• intonation -- (singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong)


• intonation, chanting -- (the act of singing in a monotonous tone)


• intonation -- (the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations)