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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tonicity has 1 sense
- tonicity(n = noun.state) tone, tonus - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" is a kind of tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity
has particulars: catatonia, muscle tone, muscular tonus, myotonia, hypertonia, hypertonicity, hypertonus, hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotonus
Antonym: atonicity
Derived form adjective tonic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tonicity, n.
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tonicity, n.
1 the state of being tonic.
2 a healthy elasticity of muscles etc.
1 the state of being tonic.
2 a healthy elasticity of muscles etc.
ROGET THESAURUS
tonicity
Strength
N strength, power, energy, vigor, force, main force, physical force, brute force, spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity, stoutness, lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique, pith, pithiness, virtility, vitality, athletics, athleticism, gymnastics, feats of strength, adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak, iron grip, grit, bone, athlete, gymnast, acrobat, superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath, tower of strength, giant refreshed, strengthening, invigoration, refreshment, refocillation, dynamics, statics, strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid, resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable, incontestable, more than a match for, overpowering, overwhelming, all powerful, all sufficient, sovereign, able-bodied, athletic, Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean, muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic, manly, man-like, manful, masculine, male, virile, unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted, in full force, in full swing, in the plenitude of power, stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted, strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, sound as a roach, in fine feather, in high feather, built like a brick shithouse, like a giant refreshed, strongly, by force, by main force, our withers are unwrung, Blut und Eisen, coelitus mihi vires, du fort au diable, en habiles gens, ex vi termini, flecti non frangi, he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves an, inflexible in faith invincible in arms.
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