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  gamut
       
          The gamut of a monitor is the set of colours it can display.
          There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of
          red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be
          displayed by any monitor.
       
          [Examples?]
       
          (1994-11-29)
       
       

  Gamut \Gam"ut\, n. [F. gamme + ut the name of a musical note. F.
     gamme is fr. the name of the Greek letter ?, which was used
     by Guido d'Arezzo to represent the first note of his model
     scale. See Gamma, and Ut.] (Mus.)
     The scale.
     [1913 Webster]

  Scale \Scale\, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin
     to scandere to climb. See Scan; cf. Escalade.]
     1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a
        measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals.
        Specifically:
        (a) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of
            wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces
            graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring
            or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing,
            plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale.
        (b) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing
            proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of
            miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan.
        (c) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale;
            the binary scale, etc.
        (d) (Mus.) The graduated series of all the tones,
            ascending or descending, from the keynote to its
            octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated
            through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale,
            Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale,
            under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps
        and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative
        rank or order; as, a scale of being.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There is a certain scale of duties . . . which for
              want of studying in right order, all the world is in
              confusion.                            --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of
        parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any
        complex thing, compared with other like things;
        especially, the relative proportion of the linear
        dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to
        the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object
        that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a
        mile.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Scale of chords, a graduated scale on which are given the
        lengths of the chords of arcs from 0[deg] to 90[deg] in a
        circle of given radius, -- used in measuring given angles
        and in plotting angles of given numbers of degrees.
        [1913 Webster]

  Scale \Scale\, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin
     to scandere to climb. See Scan; cf. Escalade.]
     1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.]
  
     2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a
        measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals.
        Specifically:
        (a) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of
            wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces
            graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring
            or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing,
            plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale.
        (b) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing
            proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of
            miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan.
        (c) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale;
            the binary scale, etc.
        (d) (Mus.) The graduated series of all the tones,
            ascending or descending, from the keynote to its
            octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated
            through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale,
            Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale,
            under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
  
     3. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps
        and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative
        rank or order; as, a scale of being.
  
              There is a certain scale of duties . . . which for
              want of studying in right order, all the world is in
              confusion.                            --Milton.
  
     4. Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of
        parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any
        complex thing, compared with other like things;
        especially, the relative proportion of the linear
        dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to
        the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object
        that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a
        mile.
  
     Scale of chords, a graduated scale on which are given the
        lengths of the chords of arcs from 0[deg] to 90[deg] in a
        circle of given radius, -- used in measuring given angles
        and in plotting angles of given numbers of degrees.

  Gamut \Gam"ut\, n. [F. gamme + ut the name of a musical note. F.
     gamme is fr. the name of the Greek letter ?, which was used
     by Guido d'Arezzo to represent the first note of his model
     scale. See Gamma, and Ut.] (Mus.)
     The scale.

  gamut
       n 1: a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut
            of emotions"
       2: the entire scale of musical notes

  gamut
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ μουσική en) η πλήρης έκταση (γκάμα) ενός οργάνου

  gamut
     Coastal Kadazan n.
     root
     Dibabawon Manobo n.
     root (gloss: of a plant)
     Rungus n.
     root
     Tobilung n.
     root
     Yogad n.
     root (gloss: of a plant)

  Gamut
     German n.
     m gamut (colour range available to a monitor or printer)

  gamut
     n.
     1 A (normally) complete range.
     2 (lb en music) All the notes in a musical scale.
     3 All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor
  or printer.

  gamut
     n.
     1 A (normally) complete range.
     2 (lb en music) All the notes in a musical scale.
     3 All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor
  or printer.

  Gamut
     German n.
     m gamut (colour range available to a monitor or printer)

  gamut
     n.
     1 A (normally) complete range.
     2 (lb en music) All the notes in a musical scale.
     3 All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor
  or printer.

  Gamut
     German n.
     m gamut (colour range available to a monitor or printer)

  gamut
     Englanti n.
     1 sävelasteikko
     2 väriskaala
     3 (yhteys kuva k=en) koko sarja, täysi sarja, koko skaala

  gamut
     Engelska n.
     skala, omfång

  Gamut /ɡˈamʌt/
  السلسلة

  gamut //ˈɡæm.ət// //ˈɡæm.ɪt// 
  1. палитра
  all the colours available to a device
  2. гама
  all the notes in the musical scale
  3. диапазон
  complete range

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/ 
  rozsah

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/ 
  paleta

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/ 
  škála

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/
  Farbpalette , Farbskala 
     Synonym: colour/color palette/range/scale
  
   see: colour/color paletties/ranges/scales, gamuts
  

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/
  Palette , Vielfalt , Skala , Klaviatur  [übtr.]
        "the whole gamut / panoply"  - die ganze Palette
        "run the (whole) gamut of emotions"  - die ganze Klaviatur der Gefühle durchmachen
        "The author runs the gamut of horror."  - Der Autor spielt auf der Klaviatur des Schreckens.
        "He masters the full gamut of marketing."  - Er beherrscht die gesamte Klaviatur des Marketings.
     Synonym: range
  
   see: a mixed bag of sth.
  

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/
  Tonleiter  [mus.]
     Synonym: scale
  
   see: practise scales
  

  gamut //ˈɡæm.ət// //ˈɡæm.ɪt// 
  1. väriala, värintoistoala, värintoistoalue
  all the colours available to a device
  2. sävelasteikko, asteikko
  all the notes in the musical scale
  3. asteikko, kirjo, skaala
  complete range

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/ 
  1. सारे~पहलू
        "The entire gamut of human relationship is complicated."

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/
  gama, skala

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/
  1. színskála
  2. hanglétra
  3. skála
  4. hang terjedelme
  5. hangszer terjedelme

  gamut //ˈɡæm.ət// //ˈɡæm.ɪt// 
  全領域
  complete range

  gamut //ˈɡæm.ət// //ˈɡæm.ɪt// 
  palett
  all the colours available to a device

  gamut /ˈgæmət/ 
   1.  [lit]  gama, rozmaitość
   2.  run the gamut of sth (:run :the :gamut :of)
   - przechodzić przez cały wachlarz czegoś

  gamut /gæmət/
  gama, escala

  gamut //ˈɡæm.ət// //ˈɡæm.ɪt// 
  register, skala
  complete range

  gamut /ɡˈamʌt/
  1. bir şeyin tamamı, takım, seri
  2. (müz.) gam

  gamut /ɡa.myt/ 
  Gamut

  gamut /ɡa.myt/ 
  gamut

  gamut /ɡa.myt/ 
  ガマット, 色域

  gamut /ɡa.myt/ 
  gama de cores

  gamut /ɡa.myt/ 
  цветовая палитра

  gamut /ɡa.myt/ 
  gamut

  gamut /ɡa.myt/ 
  färgomfång

  
/ˈɡæmət/

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "gamut":
     Indian file, array, articulation, bank, buzz, carry, catena,
     catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chromatic scale,
     compass, concatenation, connection, consecution, continuum, course,
     cycle, descent, diapason, dodecuple scale, drone, endless belt,
     endless round, enharmonic scale, field, file, filiation, gradation,
     great scale, hum, line, lineage, major scale, melodic minor,
     minor scale, monotone, nexus, octave scale, pendulum,
     pentatonic scale, periodicity, plenum, powder train, progression,
     queue, radius, range, rank, reach, recurrence, register,
     reticulation, rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, scope,
     sequence, series, single file, spectrum, spread, stretch, string,
     succession, swath, sweep, temperament, thread, tier, train, tuning,
     whole-tone scale, windrow
  
  

  n. 全音阶,长音阶,全音域;

     n. 全音阶,长音阶,全音域