pantonal

[ pan-tohn-l ]

adjective

, Music.

1. marked by or using pantonality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pantonal¹

First recorded in 1955–60; pan- + tonal

Example Sentences

Zimmer creates a continuous pantonal lament, which imitates the dive bomber scream and queasy turning of the tides, and it works in counterpoint to the deafening artillery and machine-gun fire that pretty much took the fillings out of my teeth and sent them in a shrapnel fusillade all over the cinema auditorium.

From BBC