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 Definitions of gamut  [ˈgæm ət]  

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Definition of 'gamut' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'gamut' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'gamut' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gamut
the scale



'gamut' - Nearby Entries  

gamopetalous  gamow  gamp  gamut  gamy  ganapati  gander  



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