gamut

gam·ut  (gmt)

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.

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[Middle English, the musical scale, from Medieval Latin gamma ut, low G : gamma, lowest note of the medieval scale (from Greek, gamma; see gamma) + ut, first note of the lowest hexachord (after ut, first word in a Latin hymn to Saint John the Baptist, the initial syllables of successive lines of which were sung to the notes of an ascending scale CDEFGA: Ut queant laxis resonare fibris Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes).]

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gamut

Noun

1. entire range or scale: a rich gamut of facial expressions

2. Music

a. a scale

b. the whole range of notes [Medieval Latin, from gamma, the lowest note of the hexachord as established by Guido d'Arezzo + ut (now, doh), the first of the notes of the scale ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si]

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Gamut a range or scale of musical notes.

Examples: gamut of colours, 1824; of crime, 1859; of emotions; of Latin metre, 1864; of notes of music.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gamut - a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" ambit, range, scope, reach, compass, orbit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
	2.	gamut - the entire scale of musical notes musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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gamut

noun range, series, collection, variety, lot, field, scale, sweep, catalogue, scope, compass, assortment

Translations

gamut [ˈgæmət] n (MUS) → gama;

to run the (whole) gamut of emotions (fig) → recorrer toda la gama de emociones

gamut [ˈgæmət] n → gamme f

gamut [ˈgæmət] n → Skala f;

to run the gamut of → die ganze Skala +gen durchlaufen

gamut [ˈgæmət] n → gamma