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Tone: The changes of color achieved by lightening with white or darkening with black.

Toner: An ultra-fine colored plastic powder used as the printing media in laser printers and photocopiers. The fuser heats it to such high temperatures that it melts and fuses to the paper.

Lastone Therapy: Stones of all shapes and sizes and varying temperatures, ranging from zero to 140 degrees, are used during lastone massage therapy to elicit physical healing, mental relaxation, and a spirit . . . View Full Definition

Hot Stone: a massage technique, used in conjunction with other modalities, in which warmed stones are placed on points, such as acupuncture points, and sometimes used as massage tools.

Limestone: A sedimentary rock consisting of at least 50% calcium carbonate (CaCO2) by weight. Picture of Limestone.

Monotone: Repetition of a single tone.

Siltstone: A clastic sedimentary rock that forms from silt-size (between 1/256 and 1/16 millimeter diameter) weathering debris. Picture of Siltstone.

Quartzose Sandstone: (1) A quartz arenite. (2) A clean quartz sandstone, less pure than a quartz arenite, that may contain a moderate amount of other detrital minerals and/or calcite cement.

Microtone: Musical interval smaller than a semitone, prevalent in some non-Western musics and in some twentieth century art music.

Tone Less: Unmusical, without tone.