release tone ending | (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone |
attack tone-beginning | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
information gathering | the act of collecting information |
information warfare IW | the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries, not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare |
special verdict | a verdict rendered on certain specific factual issues posed by the court without finding for one party or the other |
computer computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
data system information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
K jet super acid special K honey oil green cat valium super C | street names for ketamine |
Saturday night special | a cheap handgun that is easily obtained |
superhighway information superhighway | an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form |
tone arm pickup pickup arm | mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge |
shade tint tincture tone | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color, after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted |
tone | (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages, the Beijing dialect uses four tones |
timbre timber quality tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound), the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely, the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet |
information selective information entropy | (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome, the signal contained thousands of bits of information |
head register head voice head tone | the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing, the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head |
chest register chest voice chest tone | the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing |
tone | the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author, the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw, from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome |
tone pure tone | a steady sound without overtones, they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies |
overtone partial partial tone | a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency |
special education | education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom |
information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
special effect | an effect used to produce scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques (especially on film) |
special relativity special theory of relativity special relativity theory Einstein's special theory of relativity | a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems |
information theory | (computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing |
information technology IT | the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information |
information science informatics information processing IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII | (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies, a string of binary digits represents each character, used in most microcomputers |
sealed instrument contract under seal special contract | a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached |
information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability |
special pleading | (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations |
special act | a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district |
electronic database on-line database computer database electronic information service | (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers |
special delivery | mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge) |
information info | a message received and understood |
details inside information | true confidential information, after the trial he gave us the real details |
intelligence intelligence information | secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy), we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage |
tip lead steer confidential information wind hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
insider information | important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public, use for personal profit is illegal |
information bulletin | a bulletin containing the latest information |
subtonic leading tone | (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale |
tone whole tone step whole step | a musical interval of two semitones |
quarter tone quarter-tone | half of a semitone |
note musical note tone | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound, the singer held the note too long |
passing note passing tone | a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes |
tone language tonal language | a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings |
special | a television production that features a particular person or work or topic, the last of a series of BBC specials on Iran is being shown tonight |
symphonic poem tone poem | an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales |
twelve-tone music -tone music twelve-tone system -tone system | a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg, uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row) |
tone tone of voice | the quality of a person's voice, he began in a conversational tone, he spoke in a nervous tone of voice |