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gamut(dictionary)

endurance (iou) and gamut (iou)


endurance (iou)



endurance noun. Also indurance. L15.
[Old & mod. French, from endurer: see ENDURE, -ANCE.]
Duration or continued existence in time; ability to last. L15.
L. M. Hawkins Sermons of four hours' endurance. M. Arnold This is why Byron's poetry had so little endurance in it.
b. Protraction of an existing condition. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Something which is endured; a hardship. M16.
The fact, habit, or power of enduring something unpleasant; long-suffering, patience. L16.
American Humorist Prolonging his visit beyond all endurance. F. King He had a rare talent for endurance, bearing with insults and injuries..with uncomplaining fortitude.
The ability of a thing to last or hold out; esp. the ability of a metal or Other substance to withstand the repeated application of stress. L19.
Scientific American The spectacular endurance test..when a Bellanca plane stayed aloft for 51 hours 11 minutes.

gamut (iou)



gamut noun. LME.
[Contr. of medieval Latin gamma ut, from GAMMA name of the symbol (repr. in the Middle Ages a note one tone lower than A) + UT first of the six notes forming a hexachord.]
I. Music.
Hist. The lowest note on the medieval sequence of hexachords, equal to modern G on the lowest line of the bass stave. LME.
Hist. A large scale (ascribed to Guido d'Arezzo), formed of seven hexachords or partial scales, and containing all the recognized notes used in medieval Music. L15.
The full range of notes which a voice or instrument can produce. M17.
The major diatonic scale; the scale recognized by any particular people or in any period. E18.
II.
transf. & fig. The whole range or scope of something. E17.
C. Beaton Her resonant voice covers the gamut from an emphatic whisper to an..almost Rabelaisian roar.