tonic
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈtɒnɪk/
tonic
- (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 316:
- Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic, as if waiting for some standing order to take effect.
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 316:
- Restorative, curative or invigorating.
- The arrival of the new members had a tonic effect on the team.
- German: tonisch
- German: anregend, belebend, kräftigend, stärkend
- Portuguese: tónico (Portugal), tônico (Brazil)
- Spanish: tónico
tonic (plural tonics)
- A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
- We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.
- Tonic water.
- (US, Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
- (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
- 2011, Cathy Kelly, She's the One
- 'You're a tonic, Dee,' she said. 'And a real friend. Thanks.'
- 2011, Cathy Kelly, She's the One
- French: tonique, tonic
- German: Kräftigungsmittel, Stärkungsmittel, Elixier, Tonikum, Tonic
- Portuguese: tónico (Portugal), tônico (Brazil)
- Russian: то́ник
- Spanish: tónico
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.
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.
- French: tonique
- German: Tonika , Grundton
- Italian: tonica
- Portuguese: tónica (Portugal), tônica (Brazil)
- Russian: то́ника
- German: Tonika
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