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The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.

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  • DEPARTMENT
    1. Act of departing; departure. Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's
  • LENGTHFUL
    Long. Pope.
  • DEPARTMENTAL
    Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.
  • MUSICALLY
    In a musical manner.
  • MUSICAL
    1. Music. To fetch home May with their musical. Spenser. 2. A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • LENGTHINESS
    The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
  • MUSICALE
    A social musical party.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • LENGTHWAYS; LENGTHWISE
    In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
  • LENGTHILY
    In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
  • LENGTHEN
    To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden.
  • LENGTHY
    Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. "Lengthy periods." Washington. "Some lengthy additions." Byron. "These would be details too lengthy." Jefferson. "To cut short lengthy
  • MUSICALNESS
    The quality of being musical.
  • LENGTH
    1. The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the
  • DEPARTMENT STORE
    A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.
  • SCIENCE
    1. Knowledge; lnowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. If we conceive God's or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, . . . his science or sight from all
  • PHILOMUSICAL
    Loving music. Busby.
  • PRESCIENCE
    Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J. Edwards.
  • ALENGTH
    At full length; lenghtwise. Chaucer.
  • OMNISCIENCE
    The quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attribute peculiar to God. Dryden.
  • UNSCIENCE
    Want of science or knowledge; ignorance. If that any wight ween a thing to be otherwise than it is, it is not only unscience, but it is deceivable opinion. Chaucer.
  • CONSCIENCE
    consciens, p.pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con- + scire 1. Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness. The sweetest cordial we receive, at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. Denham. 2. The faculty, power,
  • HALF-LENGTH
    Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
  • CONSCIENCED
    Having a conscience. "Soft-conscienced men." Shak.
  • BISHOP'S LENGTH
    A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.
  • NESCIENCE
    Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism. God fetched it about for me, in that absence and nescience of mine. Bp. Hall.

 

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