Definitions of tonic
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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.
-
A
medicine
that
increases
the
strength,
and
gives
vigor
of
action
to
the
system.
-
The
keynote
of
a
scale
or
composition
in
music;
a
strengthening
medicine.
-
A
medicine
that
increases
vigor;
in
mus.,
the
key-
note.
-
A
tonic
medicine
or
anything
invigorating.
-
A
medicine
that
gives
tone
and
vigour
of
nerve
and
muscle,
especially
to
the
system;
the
key-
note;
the
sound
produced
by
a
vocal
string
in
a
given
degree
of
tension
Tonic
spasm,
a
continuous
spasmodic
contraction.
-
A
medicine
or
agent
which
imparts
vigour
and
strength
to
the
body;
a
stomachic;
in
music,
the
key-
note
or
fundamental
sound
which
generates
all
the
rest.
-
imparting
vitality
and
energy; "
the
bracing
mountain
air"
-
(
physiology)
of
or
relating
to
or
producing
normal
tone
or
tonus
in
muscles
or
tissue; "
a
tonic
reflex"; "
tonic
muscle
contraction"
-
relating
to
or
being
the
keynote
of
a
major
or
minor
scale; "
tonic
harmony"
-
Characterized
by
continuous
muscular
contraction;
as,
tonic
convulsions.
-
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."
-
Of
or
pertaining
to
tension;
increasing
tension;
hence,
increasing
strength;
as,
tonic
power.
-
Increasing
strength,
or
the
tone
of
the
animal
system;
obviating
the
effects
of
debility,
and
restoring
healthy
functions.
-
Pertaining
to
sounds;
tending
to
strengthen;
bracing.
-
Relating
to
tones
or
sounds: (
med.)
giving
tone
and
vigor
to
the
system:
giving
or
increasing
strength.
-
Relating
to
tones;
pertaining
to
the
key-
note;
giving
vigor
to
the
system.
-
Invigorating;
bracing.
-
Pertaining
to
tone
or
tones.
-
Increasing
tension
or
strength,
specially
tone
in
the
animal
system;
obviating
the
effects
of
debility,
and
restoring
healthy
functions.
-
Increasing
tension;
giving
or
increasing
strength;
imparting
vigour
to
the
bodily
system;
strengthening;
pert.
to
tones
or
sounds;
in
music,
denoting
the
key-
note.
-
See
under
tone.
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