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GAMUT
gamut
(noun) a complete extent or range: “a face that expressed a gamut of emotions”
gamut
(noun) the entire scale of musical notes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gamut (plural gamuts)
A (normally) complete range.
(music) All the notes in the musical scale.
All the colours available to a device such as a monitor or printer.
Source: Wiktionary
Gam"ut, n. Etym: [F. gamme + ut the name of a musical note. F. gamme is fr. the name of the Greek letter Gamma, and Ut.] (Mus.)
Definition: The scale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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