AMBITUS


Meaning of AMBITUS in English

ˈambətəs noun

( plural ambitus )

Etymology: Latin — more at ambit

1. : the exterior edge or periphery (as of a leaf, a bivalve shell, or the test of a sea urchin)

2. : denotation 4

3. : the compass of a melody in a Gregorian chant

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