Word Meanings - PIANOFORTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.

• Resemble
  To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.
• SERIESTURNS
  The turns in a series circuit.
• Graduateship
  State of being a graduate.
• Lengthened
  of Lengthen
• Resembler
  One who resembles.
• SERIESWINDING
  A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to shunt winding. --Se"ries-wound`, a.
• Graduation
  The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.
• Lengthening
  of Lengthen
• Moveless
  Motionless; fixed.
• Resemblingly
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• Consisted
  of Consist
• Graduator
  One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments.
• Lengthen
  To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out.
• Movement
  The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a ma
• Consisting
  of Consist
• Harpsichord
  A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.
• Lengthful
  Long.

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