Be careful not to convert the subtonic into a tonic. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
I'm reminded of the problem that physicists have when they're looking at subtonic particles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Congress to Hold Hearings on Election Night News Coverage - November 16, 2000] Reference
If the terminal sound is a tonic, or a flowing subtonic, the implication consists of a gentle murmuring prolongation of the terminal element coalescing with the initial element of the next word; if the terminal element is a flowing atonic the prolongation will not be accompanied by a murmur; but in either case the vocal organs, while prolonging the sound of one word, prepare, as it were, to begin the next. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
Pain medicine rehab using subtonic. From Wordnik.com. [quotes « WordPress.com Tag Feed] Reference
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