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a medicine that strengthens and invigorates (music) the first note of a diatonic scale lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony" tonal employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; "Chinese is a tonal language" of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction" a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" invigorating |
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