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  1. floating tone: Wiktionary
  2. Floating tone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (floating tone)

noun:  (phonology) A morpheme or element of a morpheme that contains no consonants or vowels, but only tone. It cannot be pronounced by itself, but affects the tones of neighbouring morphemes.
noun:  (phonology) A phonemic tone which is not associated to a syllable and is only pronounced in its effect on neighboring tones, such as by causing downstep.

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