Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - tonic
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Tonic
tonic
~1 n 1 also tonic water a clear bitter tasting drink that is mixed with alcoholic drinks such as gin or vodka (a gin and tonic) 2 C usually singular BrE something that improves your health, strength, or confidence (The holiday was a real tonic.) 3 a medicine that is designed to give you more energy or strength when you feel tired (a herbal tonic) 4 C usually singular technical the first note in a musical scale1 (4) ~2 adj formal giving you energy and strength (Sea air has a tonic quality.)
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(tonics) 1. Tonic or tonic water is a colourless fizzy drink that has a slightly bitter flavour and is often mixed with alcoholic drinks, especially gin. Keeler sipped at his gin and tonic. ...low-calorie tonics. N-MASS 2. A tonic is a medicine that makes you feel stronger, healthier, and less tired. Britons are spending twice as much on health tonics as they were five years ago... N-MASS 3. A tonic is anything that makes you feel stronger, more cheerful, or more enthusiastic. Seeing Marcus at that moment was a great tonic... = boost N-COUNT: oft adj N, N for n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Greek tonikos, from tonos tension, tone Date: 1649 1. a. characterized by tonus ~ contraction of muscle; also marked by prolonged muscular contraction ~ convulsions b. producing or adapted to produce healthy muscular condition and reaction of organs (as muscles) 2. a. increasing or restoring physical or mental tone ; refreshing b. yielding a ~ substance 3. relating to or based on the first tone of a scale ~ harmony 4. of a syllable bearing a principal stress or accent 5. of or relating to speech tones or to languages using them to distinguish words otherwise identical • ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1797 1. the first tone of a major or minor scale ; keynote 2. a. an agent (as a drug) that increases body tone b. one that invigorates, restores, refreshes, or stimulates a day in the country was a ~ for him c. a liquid preparation for the scalp or hair d. chiefly New England a carbonated flavored beverage e. ~ water 3. a voiced sound ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 an invigorating medicine. 2 anything serving to invigorate. 3 = tonic water. 4 Mus. the first degree of a scale, forming the keynote of a piece (see KEYNOTE 3). --adj. 1 serving as a tonic; invigorating. 2 Mus. denoting the first degree of a scale. 3 a producing tension, esp. of the muscles. b restoring normal tone to organs. Phrases and idioms tonic accent an accent marked by a change of pitch within a syllable. tonic sol-fa Mus. a system of notation used esp. in teaching singing, with doh as the keynote of all major keys and lah as the keynote of all minor keys. tonic spasm continuous muscular contraction (cf. CLONUS). tonic water a carbonated mineral water containing quinine. Derivatives tonically adv. Etymology: F tonique f. Gk tonikos (as TONE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. мед. тонизирующее, укрепляющее средство general tonics —- общие тонизтрующие средства to give a tonic —- давать тонизирующее средство кому-л., поднимать чей-л. тонус to take smth. as a tonic —- принимать что-л. в качестве тонизирующего средства to act as a tonic on smb. —- действовать на кого-л. как тонизирующее средство, взбадривать кого-л. 2. тоник, тонизирующий напиток (также tonic water) celery tonic —- тоник, ароматизированный сельдереем 3. муз. тоника 4. фон. уст. ударный слог 5. мед. тонизирующий, укрепляющий tonic drug —- лекарство, повышающее тонус the tonic quality of the sea air —- тонизирующее свойство морского воздуха it has been a tonic experience for him —- это повысило его тонус, в результате он как следует встряхнулся 6. связанный с тонусом мышц tonic convulsion (spasm) —- тонический спазм, патологическое сокращение мышц 7. муз. тонический tonic sol-fa —- тоническое сольфеджио tonic chord —- тонический аккорд 8. фон. тонический, относящийся к ударению tonic strees (accent) —- (музыкальное) ударение 9. тоновый (о языке) 10. ударный, акцентированный 11. относящийся к тонам, светотени 12. тонизировать, стимулировать, укреплять 13. давать тонизирующее средство ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) med. тонизирующее, укрепляющее средство 2) mus. тоника 2. adj. 1) med. тонизирующий, укрепляющий 2) mus. тонический ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1649, "relating to or characterized by muscular tension," from Gk. tonikos "of stretching," from tonos "a stretching." The meaning "maintaining the healthy firmness of tissues" is recorded from 1684, first extended 1756 to "having the property of restoring to health." The musical sense is first attested 1760. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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