Tonic

Meaning

Adj

●

In Pathology & Physics:

Pertaining to

tension

, especially of muscles.

●

Restorative,

curative

or invigorating.

●

In Medicine & Neuroscience:

In a state of

continuous

unremitting

action.

●

In Music:

Pertaining to or based upon the first

note

of a

diatonic

scale.

●

Pertaining to the

accent

stress

in a word

or in speech.

●

In Phonetics:

Of or

;

(phonetics,

) being or

to a

made with

and

, i.e. a

or diphthong.

Noun

●

with

or invigorate.

●

Tonic water.

●

In American English:

Any of various

;

pop.

●

Someone

or something

that

revitalises

or reinvigorates.

●

In Music:

The first

note

of a

diatonic scale

; the keynote.

●

In Music:

The

triad

built on

the

tonic

note.

●

In Phonetics:

; a

or a diphthong.

Verb

●

In Medicine:

restore

or invigorate.

Sourced from

Wiktionary

Origin

tonic

English

τονικός

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

τόνος

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

τείνω

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Sourced from

Etym

Rhymes

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Tonic

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