tonic lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)
• a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
• a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring "in New England they call sodas tonics"
• lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
• (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
• imparting vitality and energy "the bracing mountain air"
• 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"
• 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"