Intonation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A thundering; thunder.

II. Intonation ·noun The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

III. Intonation ·noun Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.

IV. Intonation ·noun Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. ·see Intone, ·vt.