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tonal
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As an adjective, tonal means of or relating to tones or tonality. As a noun, it means an animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
Meanings of tonal
6 meaningsadjective
Of or relating to tones or tonality.
Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
musicEmploying tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
linguisticsEmploying differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
Having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic
noun
in mesoamerican mythologyAn animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).