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tonic

English

🔊 (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
“a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word”
🔊 relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
“tonic harmony”
🔊 employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
“Chinese is a tonal language”
🔊 of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
“a tonic reflex”
🔊 imparting vitality and energy
“the bracing mountain air”
🔊 a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
🔊 (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
🔊 lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
🔊 a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
“in New England they call sodas tonics”