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English to English adjective
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of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue |  | Example: a tonic reflex
tonic muscle contraction
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employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words | | Example: Chinese is a tonal language
source: wordnet30
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used of syllables | | Example: a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word
source: wordnet30
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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." | | source: webster1913
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Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale | | Example: tonic harmony
source: wordnet30
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imparting vitality and energy | | Example: the bracing mountain air
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lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine | | source: wordnet30
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a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring | | Example: in New England they call sodas tonics
source: wordnet30
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(music) the first note of a diatonic scale | | source: wordnet30
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a medicine that strengthens and invigorates | | source: wordnet30
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A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong. | | source: webster1913
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