Tonic

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An agent, such as a medication, that is supposed to restore or improve health or well-being.
  • noun. A liquid preparation for the scalp or hair.
  • noun. An invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
  • noun. A tonic accent.
  • adjective. Restorative or stimulating to health or well-being.
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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or producing tone or tonicity in muscles or tissue.
  • adjective. Characterized by continuous tension or contraction of muscles.
  • adjective. Of or based on the keynote.
  • adjective. Stressed, as a syllable; accented.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by distinctive tones. Same as toned, 2. See tone, 15.
  • Of or relating to tones or musical sounds.
  • Specifically, in music, of or pertaining to, or founded on, the key-note or tonic.
  • Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension.
  • In medicine, increasing the strength or tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of weakness or debility, and restoring healthy functions; hence, bracing or invigorating to the mental or the moral nature.
  • noun. In medicine, any remedy which improves the tone or vigor of the fibers of the stomach and bowels, or of the muscular fibers generally.
  • noun. In music, same as key-note. See also key, 7 .
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
  • noun. The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
  • noun. A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
  • noun. 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.
  • adjective. 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.”
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength.
  • adjective. Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
  • adjective. Characterized by continuous muscular contraction.
  • adjective. See the Note under Spasm.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
  • adjective. Restorative, curative or invigorating.
  • noun. A drink intended to restore or invigorate.
  • noun. Tonic water.
  • noun. Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
  • noun. Something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the keynote of a composition.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
  • noun. The first note of a scale.
  • noun. The triad built on the tonic note.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
  • noun. lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
  • adjective. imparting vitality and energy
  • adjective. employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
  • adjective. used of syllables
  • adjective. relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
  • noun. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
  • adjective. of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
  • noun. (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
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