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1. ascensiǒun n.

33 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The ascent of Christ to heaven; the Ascension; ascensioun dai, dai of ascensioun; (b) the feast day [forty days after Easter] commemorating the Ascension; ascensioun dai, ascensioun eve(n, the…

2. bẹ̄-mī n.

Additional spellings: bemi
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Mus. B-natural.

3. bẹ̄-mol n.

Additional spellings: bemol
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Mus. The fourth tone in the Guidonian hexachord on F ut; B-flat at intervals of a second below middle C and a seventh above middle C.

4. dē̆scenden v.

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Of downward motion in space: (a) of rain: to fall; descenden doun fro (heaven); of a stream: flow down (from); of light, heat, lightning: stream down, descend; of an object: fall down, descend; from

5. dīapā̆sǒun n.

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Mus. (a) The consonant interval of the octave, corresponding to the mathematic proportion of 2 to 1 in number of vibrations; double (twies) diapasoun, the interval of two octaves, corresponding to the…

6. dīapentē̆ n.

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Mus. (a) The consonant interval of a fifth, corresponding to the mathematical proportion of 3 to 2 in number of vibrations; (b) a tone which sounds the interval of a fifth above another tone.

7. dīastēma n.

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Mus. A consonant interval.

8. dīatesserǒun n.

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Mus. (a) The consonant interval of a fourth, corresponding to the mathematical proportion of 4 to 3 in number of vibrations; (b) a tone which sounds the interval of a fourth above another tone.

9. dīēsis n.

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Mus. An interval smaller than a full tone; also, the changing from one tone to another.

10. n.

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Mus. The fourth note in Guido's hexachords.

11. figūre n.

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Shape, form, appearance: (a) visible or tangible shape or form; general appearance; bodili figure, figure of this world; of the face: expression; (b) of a living being: bodily form, appearance (often…

12. hẹ̄miolia n.

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The ratio of 3 to 2; mus. the interval of a fifth.

13. imparfit adj.

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(a) Sinful, immoral; (b) of clergy, monks, etc., and their life: not engaged in, or not fully conducive to, the serious quest for spiritual perfection [difficult to distinguish from (a)]; (c) not…

14. mol adj.

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(a) Softened, pulverized; of soil: loose, powdery; (b) of weather: mild; (c) as noun: something soft or weak, an effeminate man, the soft part of the head; (d) mus. flat [see be-mol n.].

15. multiplex n.

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(a) A multiple; (b) mus. a type of harmonic proportion.

16. nǒmbre n.

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(a) A number; (b) nombre diminutif, a number greater than the sum of its aliquot parts; nombre dividing, a divisor; nombre exeant, quotient [see exeant]; nombre multipliing, a multiplier; nombre of

17. parfī̆t adj.

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(a) Flawless, unblemished; also fig.; of persons, actions, intentions: faultless, blameless; of gold, metal: perfectly refined; of a soul: pure; of law: incorrupt; of sight, light: unobscured…

18. pīpe n.(1)

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(a) A tube or hollow cylinder employed as a receptacle or passage for liquid, smoke, etc.; the nozzle of a bellows; flue of a chimney; beli pipe, the nozzle of a bellows; (b) a water pipe, conduit…

19. prōlāciǒun n.

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(a) The production or articulation of sounds, utterance; (b) ?a melody or tune; (c) mus. the combination or arrangement of musical notes of varying rhythmic value in musical composition.

20. prōporciǒun n.

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(a) Comparative relation in regard to amount, size, magnitude, number, etc.; ratio, proportion; a comparative relation, mathematical ratio; even proporcioun, balance, equivalence; (b) relative amount…