intonation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
2. 2
   noun The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
3. 3
   noun Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
4. 4
   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.
5. 5
   noun A thundering; thunder.