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音乐,乐曲,乐谱
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
any art over which the Muses presided, especially music,
lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses
or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.]
1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and
yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no
other sounds. See {Tone}.
2.
(a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
succession of tones.
(b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
tones.
3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition;
the score.
4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not
moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for
treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A more or less musical sound made by many of
the lower animals. See {Stridulation}.
{Magic music}, a game in which a person is guided in finding
a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson.
Musical \Mu"sic*al\, a. [Cf. F. musical.]
Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or
the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious;
harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical
instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
{Musical}, or {Music}, {box}, a box or case containing
apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes
automatically.
{Musical fish} (Zo["o]l.), any fish which utters sounds under
water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.
{Musical glasses}, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and
arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical
notes. CF. {Harmonica}, 1.
资料来源 : WordNet®
music
n 1: an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating
instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and
continuous manner
2: any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell
asleep to the music of the wind chimes" [syn: {euphony}]
3: musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was
his central interest"
4: (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical
instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
5: punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music";
"take your medicine" [syn: {medicine}]
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Music
A series of languages for musical sound
synthesis from {Bell Labs}, 1960's. Versions: Music I through
Music V.
["An Acoustical Compiler for Music and Psychological Stimuli",
M.V. Mathews, Bell Sys Tech J 40 (1961)].
[{Jargon File}]
(1999-06-04)