Usually means: Emphasis on syllable through pitch.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. tonic accent: Merriam-Webster
  2. tonic accent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. tonic accent: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tonic accent: Vocabulary.com
  5. tonic accent: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. tonic accent: Dictionary.com
  7. tonic accent: Rhymezone
  8. tonic accent: FreeDictionary.org
  9. tonic accent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. tonic accent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. tonic accent: Wiktionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See tonic_accents as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tonic accent)

noun:  (phonetics) The syllable in a word which receives the most stress in an intonation unit.

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