TONIC
\tˈɒnɪk], \tˈɒnɪk], \t_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of TONIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
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relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony"
By Princeton University
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imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
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(physiology) of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction"
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relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions.
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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."
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Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
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Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
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A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
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The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
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A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
By Oddity Software
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Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions.
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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."
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Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
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Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
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A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
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The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
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A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to sounds; tending to strengthen; bracing.
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The keynote of a scale or composition in music; a strengthening medicine.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Relating to tones or sounds: (med.) giving tone and vigor to the system: giving or increasing strength.
By Daniel Lyons
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A medicine that increases vigor; in mus., the key-note.
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Relating to tones; pertaining to the key-note; giving vigor to the system.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Invigorating; bracing.
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Pertaining to tone or tones.
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A tonic medicine or anything invigorating.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Producing and restoring normal tone.
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Characterized by continuous tension.
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An agent which tends to restore normal tone.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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