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heterotonic

heterotonic adjective: of different tones.

Adjective

heterotonic (not comparable)

  1. Of different tones.

Origin of heterotonic

From hetero- + tonic.

Questions about heterotonic

What does heterotonic mean?
Heterotonic means of different tones.
What part of speech is heterotonic?
Heterotonic is an adjective.

Words near heterotonic in the dictionary

  1. heterotically
  2. heterotics
  3. heterotolerance
  4. heterotolerant
  5. heterotomous
  6. heterotonic
  7. heterotopia
  8. heterotopias
  9. heterotopic
  10. heterotopically
  11. heterotopicity

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