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1. (n.) gamut
the entire scale or range:
the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy.
2. gamut
the whole series of recognized musical notes.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < ML; contr. of gamma ut=gamma, used to represent the first or lowest tone (G) in the medieval scale +ut (later do); the notes of the scale (ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si) being named from a Latin hymn to St. John the Baptist: Ut queant laxis resonare fibris. Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gamut
a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions"
2. (noun) gamut
the entire scale of musical notes
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gamut
the scale
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