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post-tonic

post-tonic is the alternative form of posttonic.

Meaning of posttonic

Adjective

posttonic (not comparable)

  1. That immediately follows a stressed syllable

Origin of post-tonic

From post- + tonic.

Questions about post-tonic

What is post-tonic the alternative form of?
Post-tonic is the alternative form of posttonic.

Words near post-tonic in the dictionary

  1. post-tensioning
  2. post-tensions
  3. post-Tertiary
  4. post-thrash
  5. post-thrombotic
  6. post-tonic
  7. post-train
  8. post-trained
  9. post-training
  10. post-trains
  11. post-transcriptional

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Adapted from Wiktionary: post-tonic (page history and authors); posttonic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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