a. [ Cf. F. atonique. See Atony. ] 1. (Med.) Characterized by atony, or lack of vital energy; as, an atonic disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Destitute of tone vocality; surd. Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Gram.) A word that has no accent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd consonant; a breathing. Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
Syn. -- atony. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to catatonia; suffering from catatonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. appearing mentally stupefied, unresponsive, and motionless, or almost so; seemingly unaware of one's environment. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

n. a person suffering from catatonia. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. diatonicus, diatonus, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to stretch out; dia` through + &unr_; to stretch: cf. F. diatonique. See Tone. ] (Mus.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diatonic scale (Mus.), a scale consisting of eight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguished from the chromatic scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a diatonic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.), The natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth notes, and whole tones between the other notes; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major; also called major scale. See Scale, and Diatonic. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Neoplatonist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A follower of Plato; a Platonist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Platonicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. platonique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical. [ 1913 Webster ]

Platonic bodies, the five regular geometrical solids; namely, the tetrahedron, hexahedron or cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. --
Platonic love, a pure, spiritual affection, subsisting between persons of opposite sex, unmixed with carnal desires, and regarding the mind only and its excellences; -- a species of love for which Plato was a warm advocate. --
Platonic year (Astron.), a period of time determined by the revolution of the equinoxes, or the space of time in which the stars and constellations return to their former places in respect to the equinoxes; -- called also great year. This revolution, which is caused by the precession of the equinoxes, is accomplished in about 26, 000 years. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a Platonic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; an army. ] Of or pertaining to an army. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]