PURE TONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pure tone mean? 

• PURE TONE (noun)
  The noun PURE TONE has 1 sense:

1. a steady sound without overtones

  Familiarity information: PURE TONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURE TONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steady sound without overtones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

pure tone; tone

Context example:

they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies

Hypernyms ("pure tone" is a kind of...):

auditory sensation; sound (the subjective sensation of hearing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pure tone"):

harmonic (a tone that is a component of a complex sound)