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su⋅per⋅ton⋅ic

[soo-per-ton-ik]
–noun Music.
the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.

Origin:
1800–10; super- + tonic
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su·per·ton·ic   (sōō'pər-tŏn'ĭk)   
n.   Music
The second tone of a diatonic scale.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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