lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
"After a long flight, she ordered a gin and tonic to help settle her stomach."
a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
"in New England they call sodas tonics"
a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
"The doctor prescribed an herbal tonic to help me recover my strength after weeks of illness."
A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
"The composer identified A as the tonic, ensuring every melody resolved back to that foundational pitch."
The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
"a tonic reflex"
"tonic muscle contraction"
imparting vitality and energy
"the bracing mountain air"
Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
"The composer decided that while the melody was built on the tonic, it would create more tension if the harmony shifted away from it for several bars."
Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.