Definitions for gamutˈgæm ət
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gam•utˈgæm ət(n.)
the entire scale or range:
the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy.
the whole series of recognized musical notes.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of gamut:
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
Princeton's WordNet
gamut(noun)
a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions"
gamut(noun)
the entire scale of musical notes
Wiktionary
gamut(Noun)
A (normally) complete range.
gamut(Noun)
All the notes in the musical scale.
gamut(Noun)
All the colours available to a device such as a monitor or printer.
Webster Dictionary
Gamut(noun)
the scale
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