Definition of Ambitus. Meaning of Ambitus. Synonyms of Ambitus

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Definition of Ambitus

Ambitus
Ambitus Am"bi*tus ([a^]m"b[i^]*t[u^]s), n. [L. See Ambit, Ambition.] 1. The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A canvassing for votes.

Meaning of Ambitus from wikipedia

- power. The Latin word ambitus is the origin of the English word "ambition" which is another of its original meanings; ambitus was the process of "going...
- specifically, the ambitus is the range, or the distance between the highest and lowest note. Different chants vary widely in their ambitus. Even relatively...
- boundaries of ambitus were not legally defined, and indeed overlapped closely with expected political practice: as Cicero noted, ambitus (self-promotion)...
- Ambitus refers to the range of pitches used in the melody. Melodies whose final is in the middle of the ambitus, or which have only a limited ambitus...
- Naturhorn, Op. 28; (J. Schroeder) Ambitus 97 981 DeKrufFt, Mcholas Sonata in F major for Piano and Naturhorn; (J. Schroeder) Ambitus 97 981 Three Preludes and...
- Aufidia de ambitu, sometimes referred to as the lex Aufidia de ambitu, was a proposed Roman law, aimed at punishing electoral bribery, ambitus. It is known...
- part of a musical piece. Hence, in musical notation, tessitura is the ambitus, or a narrower part of it, in which that particular vocal (or less often...
- Antonius expelled him from the Senate. Duronius then brought an accusation of ambitus against Antonius. Aulus Gellius 2.24.10; Macrobius 3.17.7; T.R.S. Broughton...
- adsuitur pannus, **** lucus et ara Dianae et properantis aquae per amoenos ambitus agros aut flumen Rhenum aut pluuius describitur arcus; sed nunc non erat...
- b****et classification Woodwind, clarinet family Playing range Ambitus written Ambitus B****ethorn in F, sounding Related instruments Clarinet d'amore...