(n.) An ulterior meaning; an implication; one of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away\, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or partial tone; a harmonic. See Tone.

AF affective meaning air allegory allusion arcane meaning assumption atmosphere audio frequency aura bearing climate coloration coloring connotation consequence denotation drift effect essence extension feel feeling flageolet tone force frequency fundamental fundamental tone gist grammatical meaning harmonic harmonic tone hint idea impact implication implied meaning import indication inference innuendo insinuation intension intimation intonation ironic suggestion lexical meaning literal meaning meaning metaphorical sense milieu monotone monotony note nuance occult meaning partial partial tone pertinence pitch pith point practical consequence presumption presupposition purport quality range of meaning real meaning reference referent relation relevance scope semantic cluster semantic field sense significance signification significatum signifie span of meaning spirit structural meaning subsense subsidiary sense substance suggestion sum sum and substance supposition symbolic meaning symbolism tenor tinge tone tonelessness totality of associations touch transferred meaning unadorned meaning undercurrent undermeaning undertone value