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(noun)

1. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
3. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
4. the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
5. a steady sound without overtones
6. a musical interval of two semitones
7. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
8. the quality of a person's voice
9. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
10. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

(verb)

1. give a healthy elasticity to
2. change to a color image
3. change the color or tone of
4. vary the pitch of one's speech
5. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

(noun)

1. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

(verb)

1. make taut or tauter
2. become taut or tauter

(adverb)

1. with resolute determination

(adjective satellite)

1. strong and sure
2. unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
3. securely fixed in place
4. not soft or yielding to pressure
5. possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
6. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
7. securely established
8. not subject to revision or change
9. not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
10. (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling