tonus.
tone, pitch (sound), note; interval; musical scale; astronomical measure; tone/degree of light/shade; strain, tension; peal of thunder (from tono?);
Meaning & usage
The stretching or straining of a rope.
A strain; tension.
The pitch, sound or tone of something.
A crack of thunder.
Where this word comes from
From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”).
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