TONIO
\tˈə͡ʊnɪˌə͡ʊ], \tˈəʊnɪˌəʊ], \t_ˈəʊ_n_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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[Gr.] (Med.) A strengthening medicine.
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[Gr.] (Music) The keynote. Tonic Sol-fa is a simplification of the writing of music by the use of letters denoting sounds, and of strokes, commas, colons, denoting time ; instead of the ordinary notation.
By Henry Percy Smith
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