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tonic
1[ ton-ik ]
noun
- a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally:
His cheerful greeting was a real tonic.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Music. the first degree of the scale; the keynote.
- Chiefly Eastern New England. soda pop.
- Phonetics. a tonic syllable or accent.
adjective
- pertaining to, maintaining, increasing, or restoring the tone or health of the body or an organ, as a medicine.
- invigorating physically, mentally, or morally.
- Physiology, Pathology.
- pertaining to tension, as of the muscles.
- marked by continued muscular tension:
a tonic spasm.
- using differences in tone or pitch to distinguish between words that are otherwise phonemically identical:
a tonic language.
- pertaining to tone or accent in speech.
- Phonetics. (of a syllable) bearing the principal stress or accent, usually accompanied by a change in pitch.
- Music.
- pertaining to or founded on the keynote, or first tone, of a musical scale:
a tonic chord.
-tonic
2- a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -tonia:
catatonic.
tonic
/ 藞迟蓲苍瑟办 /
noun
- a medicinal preparation intended to improve and strengthen the functioning of the body or increase the feeling of wellbeing
- anything that enlivens or strengthens
his speech was a tonic to the audience
- Also calledtonic water a mineral water, usually carbonated and containing quinine and often mixed with gin or other alcoholic drinks
- music
- the first degree of a major or minor scale and the tonal centre of a piece composed in a particular key
- a key or chord based on this
- a stressed syllable in a word
adjective
- serving to enliven and invigorate
a tonic wine
- of or relating to a tone or tones
- music of or relating to the first degree of a major or minor scale
- of or denoting the general effect of colour and light and shade in a picture
- physiol of, relating to, characterized by, or affecting normal muscular or bodily tone
a tonic spasm
- of or relating to stress or the main stress in a word
- denoting a tone language
Derived Forms
- 藞迟辞苍颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 迟辞苍顎僫路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
- 补苍顎卼颈路迟辞苍顎僫肠 adjective noun
- 苍辞苍路迟辞苍顎僫肠 adjective
- 辫谤别路迟辞苍顎僫肠 noun adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of tonic1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of tonic1
Example Sentences
"We thought he had thrown it away鈥ut it was an unbelievable finish. I'm going home for a gin and tonic."
Santa Monica鈥檚 Erewhon grocery store closed its tonic bar after finding cockroaches in the facility, the company said Thursday.
Now, friends, neighbors and an army of Los Angeles volunteers are proving that community is a powerful tonic in the worst of them.
In our age of misinformation, disinformation and artificial intelligence, the artist鈥檚 frank exposure of what鈥檚 operating behind the curtain is tonic.
Years later, political opponents occasionally taunted Mr. Prescott by suggesting that he fetch them a gin and tonic, but he remained proud of his origins.
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