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ton·ic       [ton-ik] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
2.anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally: His cheerful greeting was a real tonic.
3.quinine water.
4.Music. the first degree of the scale; the keynote.
5.Chiefly Eastern New England. soda pop.
6.Phonetics. a tonic syllable or accent.
–adjective
7.pertaining to, maintaining, increasing, or restoring the tone or health of the body or an organ, as a medicine.
8.invigorating physically, mentally, or morally.
9.Physiology, Pathology.
a.pertaining to tension, as of the muscles.
b.marked by continued muscular tension: a tonic spasm.
10.using differences in tone or pitch to distinguish between words that are otherwise phonemically identical: a tonic language.
11.pertaining to tone or accent in speech.
12.Phonetics. (of a syllable) bearing the principal stress or accent, usually accompanied by a change in pitch.
13.Music.
a.of or pertaining to a tone or tones.
b.pertaining to or founded on the keynote, or first tone, of a musical scale: a tonic chord.
[Origin: 1640–50; < Gk tonikós pertaining to stretching or tones. See tone, -ic]

—Related forms
ton·i·cal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. stimulant, restorative, bracer, pickup.
—Regional variation note 5. See soda pop.
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soft drink  
n.   In both senses also called soda pop; also called regionally cold drink, drink, pop1, soda, soda water, tonic.
  1. A nonalcoholic, flavored, carbonated beverage, usually commercially prepared and sold in bottles or cans.
  2. A serving of this beverage. See Regional Note at tonic.

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ton·ic       (tŏn'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An agent, such as a medication, that restores or increases body tone.
  2. An invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence.
  3. See tonic water.
  4. Boston See soft drink.
  5. Music The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
  6. Linguistics A tonic accent.

adj.  
  1. Producing or stimulating physical, mental, or emotional vigor.
    1. Physiology Of, relating to, or producing tone or tonicity in muscles or tissue: a tonic reflex.
    2. Medicine Characterized by continuous tension or contraction of muscles: a tonic convulsion or spasm.
  3. Music Of or based on the keynote.
  4. Stressed, as a syllable; accented.


[New Latin tonicus, of tension or tone, from Greek tonikos, capable of extension, from tonos, a stretching, tone; see tone.]

ton'i·cal·ly adv.
Generic terms for carbonated soft drinks vary widely in the United States. Probably the two most common words competing for precedence are soda, used in the northeast United States as well as St. Louis and vicinity, and pop, used from the Midwest westward. In the South any soft drink, regardless of flavor or brand name, is referred to as a Coke, cold drink, or just plain drink. Speakers in Boston and its environs have a term of their own: tonic. Such a variety of regional equivalents is unusual for a product for which advertising is so aggressive and universal; usually advertising has the effect of squeezing out regional variants. On the other hand, there are so many types and flavors of soft drinks that perhaps no single generic word has ever emerged to challenge the regionalisms. See Note at dope.
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tonic water  
n.   A carbonated beverage flavored with quinine. Also called quinine water, tonic.

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tonic  (adj.)
1649, "relating to or characterized by muscular tension," from Gk. tonikos "of stretching," from tonos "a stretching" (see tenet). The meaning "maintaining the healthy firmness of tissues" is recorded from 1684, first extended 1756 to "having the property of restoring to health." The noun meaning "a tonic medicine" is attested from 1799. The musical sense is first attested 1760, from tone (q.v.).

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tonic

adjective
1. of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction" 
2. employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; "Chinese is a tonal language" 
3. used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" [ant: atonic] 
4. relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony" 
5. imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing] 

noun
1. lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine 
2. a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: pop] 
3. (music) the first note of a diatonic scale 
4. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates 

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tonic ton·ic (tŏn'ĭk)
adj.

  1. Of or producing tone or tonicity in muscles or tissue.
  2. Characterized by continuous tension or contraction of muscles, as a convulsion or spasm.
  3. Producing or stimulating physical, mental, or emotional vigor.
n.
An agent, such as a medication, that restores or increases body tone.

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Main Entry: 1ton·ic
Pronunciation: 'tän-ik
Function: adjective
1 a : characterized by tonus <tonic contraction ofmuscle>; also : marked by or being prolonged muscular contraction <tonic convulsions> b : producing or adapted to produce healthy muscular condition andreaction of organs (as muscles)
2 a : increasing or restoring physical or mental tone b : yielding a tonic substance —ton·i·cal·ly /'tän-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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Main Entry: 2tonic
Function: noun
: an agent (as a drug) that increases body tone

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Tonic

Ton"ic\, a. (Med.) Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions.

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Tonic

Sol"-fa"\, n. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

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Ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. tonigue, Gr. ?. See Tone.]

1. 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."

2. Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.

3. (Med.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.

Tonic spasm. (Med.) See the Note under Spasm.

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