microelectronics | (noun) the branch of electronics that deals with miniature components | - |
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mnemonic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory | Synonyms: mnemotechnic, mnemotechnical |
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(noun) a device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall | - |
mnemonics | (noun) a method or system for improving the memory | - |
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monophonic | (adjective) consisting of a single melodic line | - |
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(adjective) designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel | Synonyms: mono, single-channel |
monotonic | (adjective) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value | Synonyms: monotone |
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(adjective) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch | Synonyms: flat, monotone, monotonous |
moronic | (adjective) having a mental age of between eight and twelve years | - |
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myotonic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by myotonia | - |
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neuronic | (adjective) of or relating to neurons | Synonyms: neural, neuronal |
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nonharmonic | (adjective) not harmonic | - |
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nonionic | (adjective) not converted into ions | Synonyms: nonionised, nonionized, unionised, unionized |
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(adjective) not ionic | Synonyms: nonpolar |
nonmonotonic | (adjective) not monotonic | - |
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nucleonics | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei | Synonyms: atomic physics, nuclear physics |
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pentatonic | (adjective) relating to a pentatonic scale | - |
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philharmonic | (adjective) composing or characteristic of an orchestral group | - |
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(adjective) devoted to or appreciative of music | - |
(noun) a large orchestra; can perform symphonies | Synonyms: symphony, symphony orchestra |
phonic | (adjective) of or relating to speech sounds | Synonyms: phonetic |
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(adjective) relating to speech | - |
(adjective) pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading | - |
phonics | (noun) teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values | - |
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planktonic | (adjective) of or relating to plankton | - |
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platonic | (adjective) free from physical desire | - |
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plutonic | (adjective) of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro | Synonyms: irruptive |
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pneumonic | (adjective) relating to or affecting the lungs | Synonyms: pulmonary, pulmonic |
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(adjective) pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia | - |
polyphonic | (adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | Synonyms: contrapuntal |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characterized by polyphony | Synonyms: polyphonous |
(adjective) having two or more phonetic values | - |
polyphonically | (adverb) in a polyphonic manner | - |
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postganglionic | (adjective) beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia) | - |
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pulmonic | (adjective) relating to or affecting the lungs | Synonyms: pneumonic, pulmonary |
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quadraphonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadrasonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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quadrasonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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quadriphonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadrasonic, quadrisonic |
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quadrisonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadrasonic, quadriphonic |
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radiophonic | (adjective) relating to or by means of radiotelephony | Synonyms: radiotelephonic |
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radiotelephonic | (adjective) relating to or by means of radiotelephony | Synonyms: radiophonic |
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sardonic | (adjective) disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking | Synonyms: snarky |
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sardonically | (adverb) in a sarcastic manner | Synonyms: sarcastically |
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sonic | (adjective) (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level | Synonyms: transonic |
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(adjective) relating to audible sound | - |
stereophonic | (adjective) designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels | Synonyms: stereo, two-channel |
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subsonic | (adjective) (of speed) less than that of sound in a designated medium | - |
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subtonic | (noun) (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale | Synonyms: leading tone |
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supersonic | (adjective) (of speed) greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air) | - |
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(adjective) having frequencies above those of audible sound | Synonyms: ultrasonic |
supertonic | (noun) (music) the second note of a diatonic scale | - |
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symphonic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic or suggestive of a symphony | - |
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(adjective) harmonious in sound | Synonyms: symphonious |
synchronic | (adjective) concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents | - |
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(adjective) occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase | Synonyms: synchronal, synchronous |
(adjective) (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time | - |
synchronicity | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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tectonic | (adjective) pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to construction or architecture | Synonyms: architectonic |
tectonics | (noun) the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust | Synonyms: plate tectonic theory, plate tectonics |
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(noun) the science of architecture | Synonyms: architectonics |
telephonic | (adjective) of or relating to telephony | - |
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thermionic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of thermions | - |
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thermionics | (noun) the branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes) | - |
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tonic | (adjective) (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch | Synonyms: accented |
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(adjective) employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words | Synonyms: tonal |
(adjective) of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue | - |
(adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing |
(adjective) relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale | - |
(noun) a medicine that strengthens and invigorates | Synonyms: restorative |
(noun) (music) the first note of a diatonic scale | Synonyms: keynote |
(noun) a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring | Synonyms: pop, soda, soda pop, soda water |
(noun) lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine | Synonyms: quinine water, tonic water |
tonicity | (noun) the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli | Synonyms: tone, tonus |
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transonic | (adjective) (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level | Synonyms: sonic |
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ultrasonic | (adjective) having frequencies above those of audible sound | Synonyms: supersonic |
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ultrasonically | (adverb) by ultrasonic means | - |
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veronica | (noun) any plant of the genus Veronica | Synonyms: speedwell |
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vibrionic | (adjective) caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio | - |
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