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▪ I. † syntone1 Mus. Obs. [ad. Gr. σύντονος: see syntonous.] In diatonic syntone, a mistranslation of Gr. διάτονον σύντονον syntonous diatonic (scale), σύντονον being erron. taken as a n. (see syntonous). [Cf. quot. 1694 s.v. diatonic 1.]1784J. Keeble Harmonics 30 The diatonic syntone. 1806Kollmann Theory Mus. Harmony ii. 6 The first foundation of our modern scale, seems to have been laid in that most antient Tetrachord..of the Greeks, called the Diatonic Syntone, which consisted of four notes, equal to our B C D E. ▪ II. syntone2 Psychiatry.|ˈsɪntəʊn| [Back-formation from syntonic a.2 2.] A person having a syntonic temperament.
1940J. Bowlby Personality Types & Mental Illness ii. 23 Syntones therefore are far from having the ‘frank open personalities’ commonly attributed to them. |