Definition of atonic

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Atonic (a.) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease..

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Platonical :: Platonical (a.) Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical..
Neoplatonist :: Neoplatonist (n.) One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school.
Neoplatonician :: Neoplatonician (n.) A neoplatonist.
Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.
Scale :: Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..
Semitone :: Semitone (n.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
Key :: Key (n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as sharp four, flat seven, etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key..
Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
Carillon :: Carillon (n.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys..
Peal :: Peal (n.) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells..
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale..
Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
Change :: Change (v. t.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale..
Platonical :: Platonical (a.) Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions..
Diatonic :: Diatonic (a.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first..
Si :: Si () A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century..
Platonize :: Platonize (v. t.) To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy..
Neoplatonic :: Neoplatonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
Sixth :: Sixth (n.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
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