sostantivo |
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tonic - a medicine that strengthens and invigorates |
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restorative |
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medicament,
medicinal drug,
medication,
medicine the act of treating with medicines or remedies
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bracer,
pick-me-up a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)
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tonic - (music) the first note of a diatonic scale |
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keynote |
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musical note,
note,
tone a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he detected a note of sarcasm"
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music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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c the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
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tonic - lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine |
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soft drink nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
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gin and tonic gin and quinine water
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quinine a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
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aggettivo |
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tonic - employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; "Chinese is a tonal language" |
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tonal |
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tonic - of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction" |
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physiology processes and functions of an organism
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tonic - relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony" |
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tonal having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic
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tonic - used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" |
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accented |
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atonic,
unaccented used of syllables; "an atonic syllable carries no stress"
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