What is the meaning of the word "tonic"?
Definitions:
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a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring noun
- in New England they call sodas tonics
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of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue adjective
- a tonic reflex
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relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale adjective
- tonic harmony
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the first note of a diatonic scale in music noun
- A sonata traditionally ends with a chord containing the tonic.
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used of syllables adjective
- a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word