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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