| ATONICITY | • atonicity n. The property of being atonic. • ATONICITY n. the quality of being atonic. |
| AUXOTONIC | • auxotonic adj. (Botany) Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous… • auxotonic adj. (Physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle… • AUXOTONIC adj. of muscle contraction, occurring against increasing force. |
| CATATONIC | • catatonic adj. (Medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state… • catatonic adj. (Figuratively) Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn. • catatonic n. (Medicine) A patient in a state of catatonia. |
| EXCITONIC | • excitonic adj. Of or pertaining to excitons or excitonics. • EXCITONIC adj. relating to an exciton, an electrically neutral excited crystal state, bound state of electron and hole. |
| HOMOTONIC | • homotonic adj. (Phonetics) Of the same tone. • homotonic adj. (Biology, rare) Of uniform tension or tonicity. • HOMOTONIC adj. of the same tenor or tone, also HOMOTONOUS. |
| HYPOTONIC | • hypotonic adj. (Of a solution) Having a lower osmotic pressure than another. • hypotonic adj. (Medicine) Showing less than normal tension in the muscles or muscle tissue. • HYPOTONIC adj. of muscles, lacking normal tone. |
| MEGATONIC | • MEGATONIC adj. relating to a megaton, a million tons. |
| MONOTONIC | • monotonic adj. Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent… • monotonic adj. (Mathematics) said of a function that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases. • monotonic adj. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous. |
| NEUSTONIC | • neustonic adj. Relating to neuston. • NEUSTONIC adj. of or like neuston, minute organisms floating or swimming on water's surface, also NEUSTIC. |
| PARATONIC | • paratonic adj. (Medicine) Relating to paratonia. • paratonic adj. (Linguistics) Relating to paratones. • paratonic adj. Retarding a plant’s growth. |
| PHOTONICS | • photonics n. (Sciences) The science and technology of generating and controlling photons, particularly in the visible… • PHOTONICS n. the study of the application of photons e.g. in communications technology. |
| PLATONICS | • Platonics n. Plural of Platonic. • Platonics n. The study of Platonic crystals. • Platonics n. The philosophy of Plato; Platonism. |
| SANTONICA | • santonica n. An Asian plant (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina), related to wormwood, which has been used since… • SANTONICA n. the dried unexpanded flower-heads of a species of wormwood. |
| SEMITONIC | • semitonic adj. Of or pertaining to a semitone. • SEMITONIC adj. of or pertaining to a semitone, also SEMITONAL. |
| STRATONIC | • STRATONIC adj. of an army or armies. |
| SUBTONICS | • subtonics n. Plural of subtonic. • SUBTONIC n. the seventh tone of a diatonic scale, immediately below the tonic. |
| TECTONICS | • tectonics n. (Geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth. • tectonics n. (Architecture) The science and art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction. • TECTONICS n. the science of structure of objects, buildings and landforms. |
| TONICALLY | • tonically adv. In a tonic manner. • TONIC adv. invigorating. |
| VAGOTONIC | • vagotonic adj. Of or pertaining to vagotonia. • VAGOTONIC adj. relating to vagotonia, pathological overactivity of the vagus nerve. |