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Tonology

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• Tonometer

  noun 1. an instrument for measuring the frequencies of tones, as a tuning fork or a graduated set of tuning forks. 2. any of various physiological instruments for measuring intraocular pressure or blood pressure. 3. Physical Chemistry. an instrument for measuring vapor pressure. noun 1. an instrument for measuring the pitch of a sound, esp […]

• Tonoplast

  noun, Botany. 1. a membrane separating a vacuole from the surrounding cytoplasm in a plant cell. noun 1. (botany) the membrane enclosing a vacuole in a plant cell tonoplast to·no·plast (tō’nə-plāst’) n. An intracellular structure or vacuole.

• Tonotopic

  tonotopic to·no·top·ic (tō’nə-tŏp’ĭk) adj. Of or being a structural arrangement, as in the auditory pathway, such that different tone frequencies are transmitted separately along specific parts of the structure.

• Tonotropic

  tonotropic to·no·trop·ic (tō’nə-trŏp’ĭk, -trō’pĭk) adj. Relating to the shortening of the resting length of a muscle.

• Tons

  noun 1. a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain. 2. Also called freight ton. a unit of volume for freight that weighs one ton, varying with the type of freight measured, as 40 […]

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