Atonicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /eɪˈtɒnɪk/

  韻: -ɒnɪk

形容詞

atonic (comparative more atonic, superlative most atonic)

1. (of a sound or syllable) unstressed
2. (linguistics) not having tone (pitch)
   • 1984, John DeFrancis, The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy (nonfiction), University of Hawaii Press, page 45:

     Some syllables are distinguished by an absence of tone; they are said to be atonic or to have a neutral tone.

3. (pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
4. (medicine) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.

   an atonic disease

派生語

参考

• atonal

名詞

atonic (plural atonics)

1. (phonetics, dated) A sound with lack of tone or vocality.

   Coordinate term: subtonic

アナグラム

• Catino, actino-, action, cation, cation-π