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TONIC
bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic
(adjective) imparting vitality and energy; “the bracing mountain air”
tonic, accented
(adjective) (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch; “a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word”
tonic
(adjective) relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; “tonic harmony”
tonic, tonal
(adjective) employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; “Chinese is a tonal language”
tonic
(adjective) of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; “a tonic reflex”; “tonic muscle contraction”
tonic, restorative
(noun) a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
tonic, keynote
(noun) (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic
(noun) a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; “in New England they call sodas tonics”
tonic, tonic water, quinine water
(noun) lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
tonic (comparative more tonic, superlative most tonic)
(physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
Restorative, curative or invigorating.
Noun
tonic (plural tonics)
A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
Tonic water.
(US, Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
(figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
Etymology 2
Adjective
tonic (not comparable)
(music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
Noun
tonic (plural tonics)
(music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
(music) The triad built on the tonic note.
(phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Anagrams
• ontic
Source: Wiktionary
Ton"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. tonigue, Gr. Tone.]
1. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation."
2. Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
3. (Med.)
Definition: Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring heatly functions. Tononic spasm. (Med.) See the Note under Spasm.
Ton"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tonigue, NL. tonicum.]
1. (Phon.)
Definition: A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
3. (Med.)
Definition: A medicine that increases the srength, and gives vigor of action to the system. Tonic sol-fa (Mus.), the name of the most popular among letter systems of notation (at least in England), based on key relationship, and hence called "tonic." Instead of the five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual notation, it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi, etc., variously modified, with other simple signs of duration, of upper or lower octave, etc. See Sol-fa.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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