tonic

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Pertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.

   “Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic, as if waiting for some standing order to take effect.”

2. sıfat Restorative; curative; or invigorating.

   “The arrival of the new members had a tonic effect on the team.”

3. sıfat In a state of continuous unremitting action.

   “Peter Redgrave (2007) Basal ganglia. Scholarpedia, 2(6):1825. GABAergic neurones in the basal ganglia output nuclei have high tonic firing rates (40-80 Hz).”

4. isim A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.

   “We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.”

5. isim Tonic water.
6. isim Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
7. isim Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.

   “Charlie ain't no Nazi / She likes to wear her leather boots / 'Cause it's exciting for the veterans / And it's a tonic for the troops.”

8. fiil To restore or invigorate.

   “When all signs of effusion, dulness, pain, œgophony, and cough had disappeared he was dieted, stimulated, and tonicked.”

9. sıfat Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
10. sıfat Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
11. sıfat Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
12. isim The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
13. isim The triad built on the tonic note.
14. isim A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.