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Gamut

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Noun

1. gamut

a complete extent or range:

Example Sentences:
'a face that expressed a gamut of emotions'

2. gamut

the entire scale of musical notes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gamut

see synonyms of gamut
noun
1. 
entire range or scale, as of emotions
2. music
a. 
a scale, esp (in medieval theory) one starting on the G on the bottom line of the bass staff
b. 
the whole range of notes
3. physics
the range of chromaticities that can be obtained by mixing three colours

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Gamut

see synonyms of gamut
noun
1.  Music
a. 
the lowest note of the medieval scale, corresponding to modern G below middle C
b. 
the complete medieval scale
c. 
the entire series of recognized notes in modern music
d. 
any complete musical scale, esp. the major scale
2. 
the entire range or extent, as of emotions

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gamut

see synonyms of gamut
n.
1. A complete range or extent: a face that expressed a gamut of emotions, from rage to peaceful contentment.
2. Music The entire series of recognized notes.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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