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amidships collapse: at or near or toward the center of a ship; "in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear"

halfway collapse: including only half or a portion; "halfway measures"; at a point midway between two extremes; "at the halfway mark"; at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"

midway collapse: naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands; the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located

midland collapse: the interior part of a country; a town in west central Texas

glissando collapse: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale; (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please"

nuclear collapse: constituting or like a nucleus; "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation"; (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs"; of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom; "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear forces"; of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell; "nuclear membrane"; "nuclear division"

midmost collapse: the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?"

equatorial collapse: a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it; of or existing at or near the geographic equator; "equatorial Africa"; of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator; "equatorial heat"; of or relating to or at an equator; "equatorial diameter"

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

middling collapse: any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

torch singer collapse: a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs

median collapse: the value below which 50% of the cases fall; relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

pizzicato collapse: a note or passage that is played pizzicato; (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger; with a light plucking staccato sound

legato collapse: (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage"; connecting the notes; in music; "play this legato, please"

cantor collapse: the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

repercussion collapse: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"

prima donna collapse: a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star; a vain and temperamental person

falsetto collapse: a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register; artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"

alto collapse: the pitch range of the lowest female voice; (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments; a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef; (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group; "alto clarinet or recorder"; of or being the lowest female voice

contralto collapse: the lowest female singing voice; a woman singer having a contralto voice

intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

spiccato collapse: bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings

treble collapse: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"; sing treble

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