TWELVE-TONE ROW

Meaning of TWELVE-TONE ROW in English

noun

: the 12 chromatic tones of the octave placed in a chosen fixed order and constituting with some permitted permutations and derivations the melodic and harmonic material of a movement or work — called also tone-row

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TWELVE-TONE ROW — noun Date: 1941 the 12 chromatic tones of the octave placed in a chosen fixed order and constituting with some …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TWELVE-TONE ROW — /roh/ . See tone row . Also, twelve-note row /twelv"noht roh"/ . [ 1940-45 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TWELVE-TONE ROW — Date: 1941 : the 12 chromatic tones of the octave placed in a chosen fixed order and constituting with some …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWELVE-TONE ROW — Function: noun Date: 1941 : the 12 chromatic tones of the octave placed in a chosen fixed order and constituting …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TWELVE-TONE ROW — [twelve-tone row] n (1941): the 12 chromatic tones of the octave placed in a chosen fixed order and constituting with …
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TWELVE — The name of Ahl al Bayt are not limited to Imam `Ali, Bibi Faatima, Imam al Hasan and Imam al …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
TWELVE — I. ˈtwelv, -eu̇v, chiefly South -e(ə)v adjective Etymology: Middle English twelf, twelve, adjective & pron., from Old English twelf; akin …
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TONE — I. ˈtōn pronoun Etymology: Middle English ton, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of thet on the one, from Old English …
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ROW — I. ˈrō verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen …
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TWELVE — (n.) A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
Английский словарь Webster
TWELVE — (n.) The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; …
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TWELVE — ( n. ) The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWELVE — ( n. ) A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWELVE — /twelv/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 2. 2. a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII. …
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TONE — — toneless , adj. — tonelessly , adv. — tonelessness , n. /tohn/ , n. , v. , toned, toning …
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ROW — row 1 /roh/ , n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: …
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TWELVE — adj. being 12 in number, amounting to twelve
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TWELVE — n. number 12; group of twelve persons or things
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TONE — I. ˈtōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tun, ton, from Latin tonus tension, tone, from Greek tonos, literally, act …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROW — I. ˈrō verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen to row, Latin remus …
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TWELVE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English twelf; akin to Old High German zwelif twelve, Old English twā two, -leofan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWELVE — noun a symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. 2. twelve ·adj one more that eleven; two and ten; …
Webster English vocab
TONE — noun tonicity; as, arterial tone. 2. tone ·noun state of mind; temper; mood. 3. tone ·vt to utter with an …
Webster English vocab
ROW — vi to use the oar; as, to row well. 2. row ·adj & ·adv rough; stern; angry. 3. row ·noun …
Webster English vocab
TWELVE — ■ cardinal number 1》 equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12. (Roman numeral: xii …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TWELVE — [twelve] n [ME, fr. OE twelf; akin to OHG zwelif twelve, OE twa two, -leofan (as in endleofan eleven)--more at …
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ROW — [row] vb [ME, fr. OE rowan; akin to MHG ruejen to row, L remus oar] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
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TONE — in linguistics, a variation in the pitch of the voice while speaking. The word tone is usually applied to those …
Britannica English vocabulary
TWELVE — twelve BrE AmE twelv ▷ twelves twelvz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROW — I . *row / rəʊ; NAmE roʊ/ noun , verb —see also row (II) ■ noun 1. row (of sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — / təʊn; NAmE toʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun OF VOICE 1. [ C ] the quality of sb's voice, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWELVE — twelve /twelv/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: twelf ] the number 12 ⇨ dozen : He …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONE — I. tone 1 S3 W2 /təʊn $ toʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tonus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROW — I. row 1 S2 W2 /rəʊ $ roʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a line of things or people …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TWELVE — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than eleven; the product of two units and six units. 2 a symbol …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROW — n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TWELVE — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than eleven; the product of two units and six units. 2 a symbol …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONE — n. & v. n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROW — n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TWELVE — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than eleven; the product of two units and six units. 2 a symbol …
Oxford English vocab
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
ROW — 1. n.1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Oxford English vocab
ROW — I. ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE /roʊ/ ( rows) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWELVE — ( twelves) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Twelve is the number 12. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — ( tones, toning, toned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tone …
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TWELVE — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Twelve is the number 12. NUM
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TWELVE — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES twelve weeks pregnant/two months pregnant etc ▪ The doctor said that she was eight weeks …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES conciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc ▪ Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. dial tone …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROW
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TWELVE — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 12ten, eleven, twelve, thirteena twelve-seater minibus"How many seats are left?" "Twelve (seats)."Jones is in …
Cambridge English vocab
ROW — (LINE) [noun] [C] - a line of things, people, animals, etc. arranged next to each othera row of houses/books/plants/people/horsesThey were …
Cambridge English vocab
TONE — Synonyms and related words : French pitch, Munsell chroma, Zeitgeist, accent, accidental, achromatism, action, actions, activity, acts, adaptability, address, affect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — I. noun 1 quality of a sound, esp. of the human voice ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , low ▪ hushed , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TONE — n. 25B6; noun the tone of the tuba : TIMBRE, sound, sound quality, voice, voice quality, colour, tone colour, tonality. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — n. 1 sound, note Odd tones emanated from the electronic music-maker 2 stress, emphasis, force, accent, intonation, modulation, phrasing, inflection, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TWELVE — 1. числ. колич. двенадцать 2. сущ. 1) двенадцать (число) 2) двенадцать человек; двенадцать предметов; двенадцать игроков команды 3) двенадцатый номер …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) тон, звук; муз. тон deep tone ≈ низкий звук dulcet, sweet tone ≈ нежный, сладкий звук …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROW — I 1. сущ. 1) а) ряд, линия (совокупность предметов, людей, расположенных друг за другом, в одну линию) in rows ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWELVE — twelve.ogg 1. twelv n 1> двенадцать предметов или человек in /by/ twelves - по двенадцати 2> команда из двенадцати игроков …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONE — tone.ogg 1. təʋn n 1. тон; звук low high tone - низкий высокий тон harsh gentle, sweet, silvery tone - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ROW — row.ogg _I 1. rəʋ n 1. 1> ряд a row of trees of houses - ряд деревьев домов a row …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONE — 1) тон 2) тембр 3) нота 4) тональный сигнал 5) цветовой тон; оттенок ( цвета ) ; полутон || тонировать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
ROW — 1) ряд; венец || образовывать ряд 2) батарея (скважин) 3) строит. проход 4) матем. , вчт. строка • - blade …
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