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Weapon that uses soundwaves against opponents
Sonic and ultrasonic weapons (USW) are directed-energy weapons of various types that use sound to injure or incapacitate an opponent. Some sonic weapons
Sonic_weapon
Type of weapon that fires a concentrated beam of energy at its target
A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves
Directed-energy_weapon
Symptoms reported by US and Canadian officials abroad
government, and would not say who was to blame. Speculation centered around a sonic weapon, with some researchers pointing to infrasound as a possible cause. Affected
Havana_syndrome
Stampede during protest in Belgrade, Serbia
government that it should prevent any use of sonic devices for crowd control and noting that the use of such weapons for controlling assembled citizens is illegal
2025_Belgrade_stampede
High-powered loudspeaker
function for crowd control has been described as a "sound cannon" or sonic weapon, although this has been denied by the manufacturer. The sound can be
Long-range_acoustic_device
Parabolic-shaped speaker producing coherent plane waves
industrial testing, for intimate listening at museum exhibits, and as a sonic weapon. A parabolic loudspeaker can send sound farther than traditional loudspeaker
Parabolic_loudspeaker
Weapon less likely to kill a target
Non-lethal weapons, also called nonlethal weapons, less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing
Non-lethal_weapon
1994 video game
in their quests to save Angel Island; Sonic tries to stop Doctor Robotnik from re-launching his orbital weapon, the Death Egg, while Knuckles scuffles
Sonic_&_Knuckles
Anti-loitering sonic device
40%.[citation needed] Opposition categorises it as an indiscriminate sonic weapon which succeeds only in demonising children and young people and may breach
The_Mosquito
Mass anti-corruption protests
Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade did not launch an investigation into use of a sonic weapon, instead issuing a statement claiming no indications of its use, citing
2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests
2024–present_Serbian_anti-corruption_protests
The Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise began in 1991 with the video game Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic
List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters
List_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog_characters
their sonic weaponry. First appearing in Attack of the Clones, Geonosian sonic weapons are described as using oscillators to create powerful sonic blasts
List_of_Star_Wars_weapons
Animated television series
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated television series. It is based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series by Sega, produced by
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Adventures_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog
2024 film directed by Jeff Fowler
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a 2024 action-adventure comedy film based on the Sonic video game series. The sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) and the third
Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3_(film)
Political movement in Serbia
KP launched a petition for an investigation into the alleged use of a sonic weapon during the protest. KP is a self-described anti-corruption movement and
Kreni-Promeni
Japanese anime television series
teacher at the CySonic Academy since then. When fighting as Borgman, he wears a blue Baltector for speed and close combat and his weapon is a Battle Machine
Sonic_Soldier_Borgman
Platform game
Sonic the Hedgehog is a 1991 platform game by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released in North America and PAL regions in June and in Japan the following
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)
Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)
Rafael hypersonic missile defense system
Sky Sonic or SkySonic is a Hypersonic weapon interceptor under development by Israeli corporation Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It could takeout threats
SkySonic
Fictional tool used by the Doctor in Doctor Who
functions in devices such as the sonic lipstick, sonic blaster, sonic probe, sonic modulator and sonic cane. The sonic screwdriver was introduced in 1968
Sonic_screwdriver
Vibrations with frequencies lower than 20 hertz
syndrome Helmholtz resonance The Hum Low-frequency oscillation Microbarom Sonic weapon Subcontrabass tuba Ultrasound Notes "subsonic Definition in the Cambridge
Infrasound
1993 video game
weapons. Gameplay involves running through stages, collecting rings, and defeating enemies. It is largely based on the Master System version of Sonic
Sonic_Chaos
2001 video game
Sonic Adventure 2 is a 2001 platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. It features two good-vs-evil stories: Sonic
Sonic_Adventure_2
Avant-garde music and performance art
directs the performer to "creep into the vagina of a living whale." Sonic weapon 20th-century classical music Contemporary music Experimental music Kivel
Danger_music
2003 video game
Sonic Battle is a 2003 fighting game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Game Boy Advance. It is the second fighting game in the Sonic
Sonic_Battle
Fictional technology
Weirding Module is a fictional sonic weapon. Used by House Atreides and later by Fremen fighters, the device is a sonic beam weapon that translates specific
List of technology in the Dune universe
List_of_technology_in_the_Dune_universe
1989 studio album by the Cult
November 1988, Sonic Temple marked the first time the band worked with Rock, who would later produce The Cult, Beyond Good and Evil, Choice of Weapon and Hidden
Sonic_Temple
2025 video game
Sonic Rumble Party is a 2025 party battle royale game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, developed and published by Sega with Sonic Team. It features
Sonic_Rumble_Party
American diplomatic mission in the capital of Cuba
Speculation has centered around a sonic or ultrasonic weapon, but the scientific consensus is that the use of a sonic weapon is implausible. Timothy Leighton
Embassy of the United States, Havana
Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Havana
Comic album by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
was drawn from that found in the Studios Hergé premises. The idea of a sonic weapon was one that had been unsuccessfully pioneered by German scientists under
The_Calculus_Affair
1957 novel by Ayn Rand
Fictional inventions such as Galt's motor, Rearden Metal, and Project X (a sonic weapon) are important to the plot. Science fiction historian John J. Pierce
Atlas_Shrugged
Psychological warfare and torture technique
political warfare Gitmo playlist Psychic driving Acoustic harassment Sonic weapon "Sesame Street breaks Iraqi POWs". BBC. 23 May 2003. Archived from the
Music in psychological operations
Music_in_psychological_operations
2003 video game
also simpler than those of the Sonic Adventure games. In it, series antagonist Doctor Eggman threatens to use a weapon to destroy the world and sends
Sonic_Heroes
Implement or device used to inflict damage, harm, or kill
external bleeding. Energy weapons – rely on concentrating forms of energy to attack, such as lasers or sonic attacks. Explosive weapons – use a physical explosion
Weapon
2019 film directed by Kevin Smith
Controlling the suit, Bob incites a riot at the panel; Shan Yu uses a sonic weapon to disable the mob but Sopapilla is unaffected and knocks her out with
Jay_and_Silent_Bob_Reboot
1972 British TV series or programme
Factory" where scientists have developed advanced technology, including sonic weapons and a device that can implant thoughts into a subject's brain. She demonstrates
Madame_Sin
Comic book superhero
Chatterbox – Lou Kwashus is a disc jockey-themed supervillain with a sonic weapon. Cheeseface – A cheese-themed criminal who has been selling explosive
Plastic_Man
Japanese anime franchise
drive unusual combat weapon. Rei Hizuki (緋月 玲, Hizuki Rei) Voiced by: Junji Majima A quiet and secretive officer in charge of the Sonic Diver program at the
Sky_Girls
Subgenre of spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction
the Girls and Make Them Die, weather control in Our Man Flint, using a sonic weapon in Dick Barton Strikes Back, a death ray in Dick Barton at Bay, or replacing
Spy-fi_(subgenre)
1954 science fiction film
units later arrive in the streets, now with jeeps fully equipped with sonic weapon transmitters directed by large public speakers(bullhorns) that easily
Target_Earth_(film)
Theoretical weapon
saga Star Wars. Archimedes' heat ray Havana syndrome Heat-Ray Sonic weapon Sun gun Weapons in science fiction Rachele Mussolini, Mussolini privato, Milano
Death_ray
2017 video game
Sonic Forces is a 2017 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was produced in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Sonic
Sonic_Forces
American space opera by David Lynch
the Fremen have been waiting. He teaches them to use Weirding Modules—sonic weapons developed by House Atreides—and targets spice mining. Over the next
Dune_(1984_film)
Decapod crustaceans
Pistol shrimp stun prey with "sonic booms", producing some of the loudest sounds in the ocean. Pistol Shrimp sonic weapon – BBC: Weird Nature
Shrimp
Fictional headquarters of the Super Friends
fourth-season episode, "Lethal Weapon". As the criminal, Mr. Gadget, attempted to level the building using a sonic weapon, the name "Hall of Justice" clearly
Hall_of_Justice_(comics)
6th episode of the 1st season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
strongarm him into helping rescue the cadets. Braka tells her that he used a sonic weapon against the furies, and Vance suggests modifying the nearby USS Sargasso
Come,_Let's_Away
detecting the enemy from maximum distances and engaging them with appropriate weapon systems via automatic firing systems, and possessing active and passive
List of equipment of the Turkish Land Forces
List_of_equipment_of_the_Turkish_Land_Forces
French-American animated television series
Sonic Underground (French: Sonic le Rebelle) is an animated musical television series co-produced by DIC Productions, L.P., Les Studios Tex S.A.R.L., Sega
Sonic_Underground
Indian navy patrol craft
(AIS) and radar, besides carrying a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), a sonic weapon used for scaring pirates away. The vessels carry a crew of 4 and can
Solas Marine-class fast interceptor boats
Solas_Marine-class_fast_interceptor_boats
Video game character
character in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Tails is an anthropomorphic fox with two tails (hence his nickname) who serves as one of Sonic's main sidekicks
Tails_(Sonic_the_Hedgehog)
Fictional country in Marvel Comics
Fantastic with endangered his art collection, Doctor Doom reversed the sonic weapon he planned to use on the Fantastic Four and killed Gustav Hauptmann instead
Latveria
National gendarmerie of Turkey
JARMOL Directed energy weapon ASELSAN IHTAR KARTAL-2 Anti-drone system COŞKUN EOD robot ASLAN Medium class UGV with integrated AVAZ long-range sonic weapon
Gendarmerie_General_Command
1995 video game
weapon, and a star that freezes all opponents. Rings on the track can be collected to use special abilities unique to each character. Alongside Sonic
Sonic_Drift_2
Comic book series
Sonic the Hedgehog was an American comic book published by Archie Comics, based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise. It began in November
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)
Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Archie_Comics)
Subgenre of emo music
vocals are used "not consistently, but as a kind of crescendo element, a sonic weapon to be trotted out when the music and lyrics reach a particular emotional
Screamo
American musician (born 1961)
the main cast requires an incredibly loud noise to overload a Martian sonic weapon, and "nobody rocks harder, faster, or louder than Dave Mustaine." During
Dave_Mustaine
1985–1986 animated television series, part of the M.A.S.K. media franchise
and Sly Rax threaten to destroys three buildings in Hong Kong with a sonic weapon. Matt discovers that the three buildings in question were the ones that
M.A.S.K._(TV_series)
Video game character
and Sonic the Hedgehog, respectively. He can also use the Chaos Emeralds to perform "Chaos Control"—allowing him to distort time—and create weapons like
Shadow_the_Hedgehog
Animated television series
Sonic Prime is an animated television series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, co-produced by Sega Sammy Group, WildBrain Studios and
Sonic_Prime
2012 video game
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a kart racing game developed by Sumo Digital and published by Sega. It was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic_&_All-Stars_Racing_Transformed
the ThunderCats when Vultureman steals one of her stones to create a sonic weapon for the Lunataks. After Lion-O recovers the stolen Soundstone, Sondora
List of ThunderCats characters
List_of_ThunderCats_characters
1956 science fiction film directed by Fred F. Sears
Moscow, and resistance by conventional weapons is futile, but they are destroyed by Dr. Marvin's sonic weapon. The defenders also discover that the aliens
Earth_vs._the_Flying_Saucers
1996 video game
Sonic 3D Blast, known in regions outside North America as Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island, is a 1996 platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series for the
Sonic_3D_Blast
2008 video game
Sonic Unleashed is a 2008 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. An installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, it follows Sonic
Sonic_Unleashed
Marvel Comics fictional character
aggression-inducing sonic weapon. Hawkeye and Mockingbird manage to defeat him (although Hawkeye is rendered 80% deaf when he uses a sonic arrow to counter
Hawkeye_(Clint_Barton)
2014 video game
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by Big Red Button and published by Sega for the Wii U. Along with Sonic Boom: Shattered
Sonic_Boom:_Rise_of_Lyric
Superheroine in Marvel Comics' MC2 universe
only is Moose furious at Spider-Girl for dooming his father, but the sonic weapon renders Ben deaf. Ben's hearing is eventually restored thanks to the
Mayday_Parker
1974 British film
leaving Alex's apartment, he returns home in time to be killed by his own sonic weapon which he had earlier demonstrated to Elliot and which has been planted
The_Internecine_Project
Protagonist of Stranger Things
powers to enter his mind while under the effects of the military's sonic weapons, Mike relates his theory to his friends that Eleven survived and that
Eleven_(Stranger_Things)
Video game character
of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Eggman is a mad scientist who seeks to steal the mystical Chaos Emeralds, destroy his archenemy Sonic the Hedgehog
Doctor_Eggman
American science fiction television series
sonic weapons and Vance suggests using a weapon carried by the USS Sargasso, which is called away from Starbase J-19 Alpha, an experimental weapons facility
Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Academy
2024 video game
Generations is a 2024 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is the second Sonic the Hedgehog game to feature Shadow as the protagonist
Shadow_Generations
Species of crustacean
out with high pressure, releasing a high-speed bubble. This powerful sonic weapon creates a violent shock wave which can kill or knock out prey, which
Tiger_pistol_shrimp
geek in computer science, as well as a weapons designer, including the construction of a short-wave sonic weapon, and often supplies new gear to Ashley
List_of_Sanctuary_characters
Directed-energy non-lethal weapon
directed-energy non-lethal weapon designed by WaveBand Corporation in 2003–2004 for temporary personnel incapacitation. The weapon is based on the microwave
MEDUSA_(weapon)
Measures taken against unlawful or violent crowds of people
planned or organized. Riot control personnel have long used less lethal weapons such as batons and whips to disperse crowds and detain rioters. Since the
Riot_control
South Korean-Canadian animated television series
jet armed with solar rockets. Vector's Metajet: A jet equipped with a sonic weapon. ARC-1: A flagship for the ARC that houses the race pilots and their
MetaJets
1986 film directed by John Hough
recycling centre owned by FCC Environment. The sound weapon appears to be based on a real-life sonic device that the Nazis were working on during the Second
Biggles_(film)
2010 video game
Sonic Free Riders is a 2010 racing video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Xbox 360. The game requires the use of Microsoft's
Sonic_Free_Riders
Wheeljack for back-up in his mission to retrieve the third Iacon relic, a sonic weapon called the Resonance Blaster. On their way to the location, the two Autobots
List of Transformers: Prime episodes
List_of_Transformers:_Prime_episodes
Acoustic technologies used to keep animals or humans away from an area
Acoustic Hailing Device The Mosquito Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) Sonic weapon Directional sound Bird control § Deterrents - Bird Scarers Encyclopedia
Acoustic_harassment_device
List of episodes of the TV show Blindspot
Rick (September 29, 2016). "Wednesday final ratings: 'Empire,' 'Lethal Weapon,' 'Criminal Minds,' 'SVU' & 'Blindspot' all adjust up". TV by the Numbers
List_of_Blindspot_episodes
Loudspeaker in Jinning, Kinmen, Taiwan
Broadcasting and Observation Station "Beishan Broadcast Wall: Taiwan's eerie sonic weapon". BBC Online. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2020. Built in
Beishan_Broadcasting_Wall
2016 video game
his life to fighting The Stranger; and The Beat, a young woman with sonic weapons who strives to guard the final door. As the journey goes on, more about
Furi
Symphony in four movements by Jean Sibelius
com's "suggestion" of the tempo "How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban "Sonic Weapon" Attack". IEEE. 15 Mar 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-18. For example, in their
Symphony_No._1_(Sibelius)
2020 film by Don Michael Paul
Graboid, are superior to the originals and can now use their screams as sonic weapons, allowing them to pick off Bill's hunting party one by one. The party
Tremors:_Shrieker_Island
2014 video game
them with an experimental weapon, but Shadow intervenes and sends Lyric falling to his death through a floor hatch that Sonic opens. As Sticks makes a
Sonic_Boom:_Shattered_Crystal
French infrasound scientist
Straight Up, Jan Herman Archived 2005-09-15 at the Wayback Machine The Sonic Weapon of Vladimir Gavreau Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine [1] "Lost
Vladimir_Gavreau
Book by Elizabeth Moon
Sirkin is rescued by Oblo and Methlin Meharry, Yrilan is killed by a sonic weapon. No sooner had this mess been cleaned up and the ship turned over to
Sporting_Chance
1954 TV series
Flash Gordon". TV Guide. Retrieved October 11, 2008. "Episode Detail: The Weapon That Walked - Flash Gordon". TV Guide. Retrieved October 11, 2008. "Episode
Flash_Gordon_(1954_TV_series)
American medical sociologist (born 1958)
a very different diagnosis, and there would be no consideration to a sonic weapon hypothesis. There is also another possibility to consider here: government
Robert_Bartholomew
German composer and musician
Sascha Dikiciyan, known professionally as Sonic Mayhem, is a video game composer known for electronic and industrial scoring, producer and professional
Sascha_Dikiciyan
Irish neurologist and author
sickness, again apparently contagious;[citation needed] the victims of sonic weapon attacks;[clarification needed][where?][citation needed] indigenous Nicaraguans
Suzanne_O'Sullivan
(PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 August 2021. Thomas, Gavin (11 May 2012). "'Sonic weapon' deployed in London during Olympics". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 May
Security for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Security_for_the_2012_Summer_Olympics
Topics referred to by the same term
The phrase sonic bullet occurs in more than one context: For weapons that use sound as a basis to injure people, see Sonic weaponry; For a music CD maker
Sonic_bullet
DC comics fictional character
has been portrayed as possessing tenfold the capabilities of typical sonic weapons, with the ability to break metals and generate enough resonance to impact
Black_Canary
1991 video game
Sega CD version was going to be reworked even further to be part of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, but this did not end up happening. This version was
Popful_Mail
Anglo-Saxon concept of personal fate or destiny
Lynch, in his 1984 film version of the book, to become a system of sonic weapons called "weirding modules." Wikiquote has quotations related to Wyrd
Wyrd
American TV series
search by examining the recent sonic attacks on American diplomats in Cuba and listens to the sound of an actual sonic weapon. In the end, he agrees to give
In_Search_of..._(TV_series)
Branch of physics involving mechanical waves
climate change monitoring by measuring sea temperatures acoustically, sonic weapons, and marine bioacoustics. The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Australian
Acoustics
2019 American film
captures her. He tries to test whether he can kill humans through use of sonic weapons. Tony Steele's deaf ex-girlfriend Daphne Wool kills her abusive husband
Steele_Wool
SONIC WEAPON
SONIC WEAPON
Girl/Female
Swedish American Russian Greek
Wise.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a topographic name for someone who lived where wormwood (Artemesia absinthium) grew, Middle English wormod, or a metonymic occupational name for a herbalist. In the Middle Ages wormwood was variously used as a tonic and vermifuge, in brewing ale, and to protect clothes and linen from moths and fleas.
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : probably a habitational name, of uncertain origin. It may be from a lost place, so named as the ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Ecgi’, a short form of the various compound names with the first element ecg ‘edge’, ‘point’ (of a weapon). Alternatively, it may be a variant of Erdington (see Edrington).
Female
Egyptian
, the queen of Amasis II.
Female
Italian
Italian and Portuguese form of Russian Sonya, SONIA means "wisdom."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Person with good intentions
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, British, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Irish, Portuguese
Wisdom; Skill; Form of Sonia
Girl/Female
Muslim
Golden, Lovely
Girl/Female
British, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Romanian, Telugu
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Tamil
Golden, Lovely
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Surajiv
Girl/Female
Hindu
Preety women, Lovable
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Pretty very beautiful
Girl/Female
Tamil
Preety women, Lovable
Girl/Female
Afghan, American, Arabic, Assamese, British, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Italian, Jamaican, Japanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Lebanese, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sla
Beautiful; Pretty; Wise; Wisdom; Where She Goes Happiness Brings; Skill; Golden; Name which Brings Happiness
Girl/Female
Hindu
Golden, Lovely
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Traditional
Gold; Pretty
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Wisdom
Boy/Male
Tamil
Parshva | பாரà¯à®·à¯à®µÂ
Weaponed soldier, Jain God, Short form of parshvanath, rd tirthankara in jainism
Parshva | பாரà¯à®·à¯à®µÂ
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Person with Good Intentions
SONIC WEAPON
SONIC WEAPON
Girl/Female
Indian
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Tamil
Khundmir | கà¯à®¨à¯à®¤à¯à®®à¯€à®°
Girl/Female
Buddhist, Hindu, Indian, Marathi
A River
Biblical
God is determining or consoling,may God strengthen,
Girl/Female
Arabic, Farsi, Iranian, Muslim
Star; Celestial Body
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Prince of Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Teutonic
God's peace.
Male
Celtic
, Mars.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
She was the daughter of Wahb; she was a companion and a narrator of Hadith
Male
Polish
Polish form of Roman Latin Apollinaris, APOLINARY means "of Apollo."Â
SONIC WEAPON
SONIC WEAPON
SONIC WEAPON
SONIC WEAPON
SONIC WEAPON
n.
A tonic.
n.
The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
a.
Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions.
n.
Ionic type.
n.
A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
n.
A conic section.
a.
Tonic.
a.
Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.
n.
The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
n.
A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.
n.
A strengthening medicine; a tonic.
n.
A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic.
n.
The Ionic volute.
a.
Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation."
n.
Conic sections.
a.
Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
a.
Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital.
n.
A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
n.
The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.
a.
Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.