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Solmization

Definition: Solmization

Solmization

Noun

1. A system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters.

2. Singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Solmization \Sol`mi*za"tion\, noun. [French expression solmisation, from solmiser to sol-fa; -- called from the musical notes sol, mi. See Sol-fa.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Solmization

Synonym: solmisation (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Solmization

English words defined with "solmization": do, dohfaLa, lahMIray, ReSI, so, soh, sol, solfa, solfa syllable, solmizateTe, Ti, tonic solfaUT. (references)

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Modern Translation: Solmization

Language Translations for "solmization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

солфеж (sol-fa). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نت خوانی(solfeggio=)(مو.), وزن خوانی , سولفش , سرایش (Composition). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olmizationsay

   

Turkish

  

solfej yapma, solfej. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Solmization

Derivations

Words beginning with "solmization": solmizations. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Solmization"

Words rhyming with "solmization" (pronounced 'Sol`mi*za"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Solmization

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-z"

-2 letters: isolation.

-3 letters: amotions, inositol, matzoons, moonsail, motional, solation.

-4 letters: amotion, animist, intimal, intimas, latinos, liaison, lotions, malison, manitos, matzoon, mislain, moonlit, motions, santimi, soliton, somital, talions.

-5 letters: aiolis, almost, aloins, amnios, animis, azlons, inmost, instal, instil, intima, isatin, latino, limans, limina, limits, lotion, maloti, manito, mantis, matins, matzos, mislit, monist, moolas, motion, nizams, oilman.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-z"
 

+1 letter: solmizations.

 

+2 letters: embolizations, emotionalizes, mobilizations, moralizations, solemnization, symbolization.

 

+3 letters: formalizations, glamorizations, normalizations, solemnizations, symbolizations.

 

+4 letters: demobilizations, demoralizations, dolomitizations, immobilizations, misvocalization, mongrelizations, monopolizations, polymerizations, remobilizations.

 

+5 letters: deglamorizations, formularizations, immortalizations, misvocalizations, oligomerizations, renormalizations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Solmization


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6F 6C 6D 69 7A 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    ---    .-..    --    ..    --..    .-    -    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101111 01101100 01101101 01101001 01111010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#111 &#108 &#109 &#105 &#122 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006F 006C 006D 0069 007A 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5381787975926786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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