(Askeri) TON AZALTILMASI: Kamuflaj ve gizlemede, bir nesne veya yüzeyi kendi çevresiyle veya arkasıyla olan zıtlığı azaltmak suretiyle daha az fark edilir hale getirme yöntemi
If you tone down a colour or a flavour, you make it less bright or strong. When Ken Hom wrote his first book for the BBC he was asked to tone down the spices and garlic in his recipes
If you tone down something that you have written or said, you make it less forceful, severe, or offensive. The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting We have had to ask the agency and their client to tone their ads down
[ 'tOn ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Latin tonus tension, tone, from Greek tonos, literally, act of stretching; akin to Greek teinein to stretch; more at THIN.