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homotonous

homotonous adjective: of the same tenor or tone.

Adjective

homotonous (not comparable)

  1. Of the same tenor or tone
    • homotonous couplet
    • homotonous sounds
  2. (archaic) equable; without variation.
    • homotonous fever
    • homotonous species

Origin of homotonous

Latin homotonus, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Questions about homotonous

What does homotonous mean?
Homotonous means of the same tenor or tone.
What part of speech is homotonous?
Homotonous is an adjective.

Words near homotonous in the dictionary

  1. homothorax
  2. homothymine
  3. homotolerance
  4. homotonic
  5. homotonies
  6. homotonous
  7. homotony
  8. homotop
  9. homotope
  10. homotoped
  11. homotopes

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