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Agogic

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arpeggiationnoun(music) The act of arpeggiating, of spreading a chord out instead of playing the notes simultaneously.
accentnoun(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
aureationnoun(rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
agogenoun(historical) A rigorous training regimen for Spartan men in preparation for army service.
accentusnoun(music) A style of church music that emphasizes spoken word.
paragogenoun(grammar, prosody) The addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.
properispomenonnoun(linguistics, of a word) In Greek grammar, having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
acervationoun(rhetoric) Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.
arsisnounRaising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
strophicusnoun(music) A neume resembling an apostrophe, possibly indicating a small variation in pitch.
epiplocenoun(rhetoric) A figure of speech by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; escalation to a climax.
syncopationnoun(music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.
proparalepsisnounA form of paragoge; the addition of an extra sound at the end of a word.
ecstasisnoun(prosody) Synonym of paragoge.
melopianonoun(music, historical) A type of piano in which a system of hammers allows a note to be prolonged indefinitely
arpeggiandonoun(music) A passage to be played in the style of a harp.
exponentnoun(mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.
aeolismnoun(uncountable) A fictional religion in the works of Jonathan Swift that worships the wind in general, and rhetorical form over substance in particular.
exophonynounThe quality of being exophonic.
plagal cadencenoun(music) A falling cadence in which a subdominant chord precedes the tonic; especially used in an ending Amen.

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