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† ˈtonical, a. Obs. [f. tonic a.: see -ical.] 1. = tonic A. 1.1586 Bright Melanch. xxvi. 149 The spirits..are the authors by tonicall motion of erection [of muscles]. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. i. 105 One kinde of motion, relating unto that which Physitians (from Galen) doe name extensive or...
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External anal sphincter
The sphincter exhibits a resting state of tonical contraction.
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tonically
tonically, adv. (ˈtɒnɪkəlɪ) [f. tonic a. or tonical: see -ically.] In a tonic manner. 1. By or in relation to tension; in the way of tonic contraction (see tonic A. 1).1885 Romanes Jelly-Fish viii. 209 In..Sarsia the irritability of the tonically contracting manubrium is higher than that of the rhyt...
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plutonical
† pluˈtonical, a. Obs. [f. as prec. + -al1.] = prec. 2.1599 Broughton's Lett. xii. 39 Making Hell..to bee nothing but that Platonicall and Plutonicall Hades of the Heathen. 1623 tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. ii. xiii. 207 Which had so long time beene kept in that Plutonicall Mansion.
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architectonical
ˌarchitecˈtonical, a. [f. as prec. + -al1.] 1. = architectonic 1, 2. ? Obs.1608 Topsell Serpents 643 [Bees] build their combes with such an architectonical prudence. 1611 Coryat Crudities 453 A very faire architectonical Machine made of wainscot. 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 417 The Divine Mind being...
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Platonical
Plaˈtonical, a. ? Obs. [f. as prec. + -al1.] 1. = Platonic A. 1.1561 T. Norton tr. Calvin's Inst. i. xiv. (1634) 69 Let us therefore forsake that Platonicall philosophy. 1642 H. More (title) A Platonical Song of the Soul. 1758 E. Carter tr. Epictetus Introd., There is no real difference betwixt the ...
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diatonic
diatonic, a. (daɪəˈtɒnɪk) [a. F. diatonique (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. diatonic-us, a. Gr. διατονικός, f. διάτονος, f. διά through, at the interval of + τόνος tone.] 1. The name of that genus or scale of ancient Greek music (the others being chromatic and enharmonic) in which the interval of a...
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oxytonic
oxytonic, a. (ɒksɪˈtɒnɪk) Also oxyˈtonical. [f. oxytone a. and n. + -ic.] Characterized by an oxytone; designating a language in which the majority of words are oxytones.1890 Century Dict., Oxytonical. 1954 Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 156 Oxytonic language, a language in which the majority of the...
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monotonic
monotonic, a. Mus. (mɒnəʊˈtɒnɪk) [f. monotone n. + -ic.] 1. Relating to or uttered in a monotone; ‘also capable of producing but a single tone, as a drum’ (Cent. Dict. 1890).1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 538/2 The fundamental bass which in itself is monotonic and little suited for singing [etc.]. ...
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tonic
tonic, a. and n. (ˈtɒnɪk) [ad. Gr. τονικ-ός of or for stretching, f. τόν-ος: see tone n. Cf. mod.L. tonicus, F. tonique (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).] A. adj. 1. Phys. and Path. a. Pertaining to, consisting in, or producing tension: esp. in relation to the muscles. tonic contraction, continuous muscul...
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inarchitectonical
† inarchitecˈtonical, a. Obs. rare—1. [in-3.] Not architectonic.1665 J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 113 Absurdly inarchitectonical Expressions.
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cento
cento (ˈsɛntəʊ) Also 7 centon. [a. L. cento, centōn-em, pl. centōnes, garment of patchwork, also the title of a poem (as the cento nuptialis of Ausonius) made up of various verses. In It. centone, F. centon. Orig. with L. pl. centones; afterwards centoes, now usually centos; the F. and It. forms of ...
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tectonic
tectonic, a. (tɛkˈtɒnɪk) [ad. late L. tectonicus, a. Gr. τεκτονικός pertaining to building, f. τέκτων, -ον-, carpenter, builder.] 1. Of or pertaining to building, or construction in general; constructional, constructive: used esp. in reference to architecture and kindred arts.1656 Blount Glossogr., ...
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tone
▪ I. tone, n. (təʊn) Forms: 4 ton, 4– tone; (5 toun, toyn, 5–6 toyne; 6 toone). [Partly a. OF. ton (of voice, 13th c. in Littré) = Prov. ton, Cat. to, Sp. ton, tono, Pg. tom, tono, It. tuono:—L. ton-um, acc. of ton-us; and partly directly f. L. tonus ‘stretching, quality of sound, tone, accent, tone...
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geo-
geo- (ˈdʒiːəʊ-, dʒiːˈɒ-) repr. Gr. γεω-, comb. form of γῆ earth; in compounds formed in Greek itself, as geography γεωγραϕία, and in many of mod. formation; as ˈgeoblast [-blast] (see quot.); geoboˈtanic a., geobotanical; ˌgeoboˈtanical a., of or pertaining to geographical botany; geoˈbotany = phyto...
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