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Meaning of "nontonic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NONTONIC

nontonic  [ˌnɒnˈtɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NONTONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nontonic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NONTONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nontonic in the English dictionary

The definition of nontonic in the dictionary is not tonic, not involving the tonic note. Other definition of nontonic is not stressed or tonic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NONTONIC


architectonic
ˌɑːkɪtɛkˈtɒnɪk
atonic
eɪˈtɒnɪk
cardiotonic
ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈtɒnɪk
diatonic
ˌdaɪəˈtɒnɪk
excitonic
ˌeksaɪˈtɒnɪk
hypertonic
ˌhaɪpəˈtɒnɪk
hypotonic
ˌhaɪpəˈtɒnɪk
isotonic
ˌaɪsəʊˈtɒnɪk
monotonic
ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk
myotonic
ˌmaɪəˈtɒnɪk
pentatonic
ˌpɛntəˈtɒnɪk
photonic
fəʊˈtɒnɪk
planktonic
plæŋkˈtɒnɪk
Platonic
pləˈtɒnɪk
plutonic
pluːˈtɒnɪk
protonic
prəʊˈtɒnɪk
syntonic
sɪnˈtɒnɪk
tectonic
tɛkˈtɒnɪk
Teutonic
tjuːˈtɒnɪk
tonic
ˈtɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NONTONIC

nontheological
nontheoretical
nontherapeutic
nonthermal
nonthinking
nonthreatening
nontidal
nontitle
nontobacco
nontonal
nontotalitarian
nontoxic
nontraditional
nontragic
nontransferable
nontransitive
nontreatment
nontribal
nontrivial
nontropical

WORDS THAT END LIKE NONTONIC

acetonic
cratonic
daltonic
dystonic
electronic
electrotonic
epitonic
geotectonic
Indian tonic
ketonic
leptonic
Miltonic
nektonic
Neo-Platonic
neustonic
orthotonic
phytoplanktonic
pleustonic
somatotonic
subtonic
supertonic

Synonyms and antonyms of nontonic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nontonic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NONTONIC

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Translator English - Chinese

nontonic
1,325 millions of speakers

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nontonic
570 millions of speakers

English

nontonic
510 millions of speakers

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nontonic
380 millions of speakers
ar

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nontonic
280 millions of speakers

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nontonic
278 millions of speakers

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nontonic
270 millions of speakers

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nontonic
260 millions of speakers

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nontonic
220 millions of speakers

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Nontonic
190 millions of speakers

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nontonic
180 millions of speakers

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nontonic
130 millions of speakers

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nontonic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nontonic
85 millions of speakers
vi

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nontonic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nontonic
75 millions of speakers

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नॉर्टोनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nontonic
70 millions of speakers

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nontonic
65 millions of speakers

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nontonic
50 millions of speakers

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nontonic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nontonic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nontonic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nontonic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nontonic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nontonic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nontonic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NONTONIC»

The term «nontonic» is used very little and occupies the 184.924 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NONTONIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nontonic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONTONIC»

Discover the use of nontonic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nontonic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elements of Sonata Theory: Norms, Types, and Deformations in ...
From time to time one comes across what appears to be a Type 3 sonata whose rhetorical recapitulation begins in a nontonic key. This is signaled by the start of an off-tonic recapitulatory rotation after a separate section of development: a ...
James Arnold Hepokoski, Warren Darcy, 2011
2
T.S. Eliot's Orchestra: Critical Essays on Poetry and Music
doubt (P) Eliot's reading contains a further 97 stressed but nontonic syllables. Of these, 63 (64.9 percent) fall on the first beat of the bar; a further 7 fall in a secondary beat position. No additional syllables are marked for stress. Therefore, a total ...
John Xiros Cooper, 2000
3
Social Structure and Testosterone: Explorations of the ...
... Lose Libido Low Low-High Highest High High Low Low Limited Low-High Taking Mechano- Cortical- Cortical T Low Low-High Nontonic Nontonic/ Tonic Status accord involves voluntary compliance with the wishes and desires of another.
Theodore D. Kemper, 1990
4
Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the ...
closing section or multiple main themes (or both) — the transition may begin directly in a nontonic region of the home key in order to advance the process of tonal destahi- hzarion. The nontonic region used in the majority of cases is the ...
William E. Caplin, 1998
5
Prognosis of Epilepsies
Young et al. found a 57% mortality (13-23 patients) in the ICU population [63]. The study by Privitera et al. [12] showed that outcome in nontonic-clonic status patients (good 41%, worse 36%, died 23%) was similar to the nontonic-clonic SE  ...
Pierre Jallon, 2003
6
Compositional Theory in the Eighteenth Century
For Rameau, harmonic motion continues until reaching a tonic — since dissonance creates the need for resolution, Rameau equates nontonic status with dissonance, arguing that nontonics must carry real or implied dissonances.
Joel Lester, 1994
7
Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music
The “Tonal Group” in Povel's (1996) Experiment, Nontonic Cues, with C as Tonic to from C C♯/D♭ D D♯/E♭ E F F♯/G♭ G G♯/A♭ A A♯/B♭ B C♯/D♭ .69 .06 .07 0 0 0 0 0 0 .05 0 0 D .48 0 0 0 .40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D♯/E♭ .51 0 0 0 .32 0 0 0 0 ...
Steve Larson, 2012
8
A Dance of Polar Opposites: The Continuing Transformation of ...
1, Op. 21—the C7 immediately resolving to the IV chord as though the C7 were the dominant of F—is perhaps the best known example of such a nontonic feint at the very outset ofa composition. Similarly striking, but in a totally different way, ...
George Rochberg, Jeremy Gill, 2012
9
Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.:
The fact that the constitution of the nontonic muscles is variable does not mean that there is no connection between the shape of the fibers and their physiological characteristics: it is possible that in muscles having different physiological ...
Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR., 1959
10
Neuropsychology and the Hispanic Patient: A Clinical Handbook
However, they function as semiconsonant when they are the nontonic left member of diphthongs, such as [tyene] and [kwatro], whereas they function as semivowels when they are the nontonic right member of diphthongs such as [ peyne] and ...
Marcel O. Ponton, Jose Leon-Carrion, 2001

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« EDUCALINGO. Nontonic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nontonic>. Apr 2024 ».
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