What is the meaning of the word "tonic"?

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  1. a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring copy to clipboard noun
    • in New England they call sodas tonics copy to clipboard
  2. of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue copy to clipboard adjective
    • a tonic reflex copy to clipboard
  3. relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale copy to clipboard adjective
    • tonic harmony copy to clipboard
  4. the first note of a diatonic scale in music copy to clipboard noun
    • A sonata traditionally ends with a chord containing the tonic. copy to clipboard
  5. used of syllables copy to clipboard adjective
    • a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word copy to clipboard

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