atonic

[uh-ton-ik, ey-ton-]

a·ton·ic

[uh-ton-ik, ey-ton-]
adjective
1.
Phonetics.
b.
Obsolete. voiceless.
2.
Pathology. characterized by atony.
noun
3.
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Atonic is always a great word to know.
So is vowel. Does it mean:
a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs
back-vowel resonance in the 'l' sound when situated after a vowel in the same syllable

Origin:
1720–30; a-6 + tonic; in pathology sense, aton(y) + -ic
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To atonic
Collins
World English Dictionary
atonic (eɪˈtɒnɪk, æ-)
 
adj
1.  (of a syllable, word, etc) carrying no stress; unaccented
2.  pathol lacking body or muscle tone
 
n
3.  an unaccented or unstressed syllable, word, etc, such as for in food for thought
 
[C18: from Latin atonicus, from Greek atonos lacking tone; see atony]
 
atonicity
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

atonic a·ton·ic (ā-tŏn'ĭk)
adj.
Relating to, caused by, or exhibiting lack of muscle tone.


at'o·nic'i·ty (āt'ə-nĭs'ĭ-tē, āt'n-ĭs'-) n.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT