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theory collapse: a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"; a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"

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

transpose collapse: a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix; change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"; put (a piece of music) into another key; transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality

attention collapse: a courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"; a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review; "the troops stood at attention"; the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"; the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others; a general interest that leads people to want to know more; "She was the center of attention"

verity collapse: an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth

literary collapse: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"; knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"; of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"

quintet collapse: a musical composition for five performers; five people considered as a unit; a set of five similar things considered as a unit; five performers or singers who perform together

husbandly collapse: related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn"; befitting or characteristic of a husband

conciliatory collapse: intended or likely to overcome animosity or hostility; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"

paternal collapse: characteristic of a father; belonging to or inherited from one's father; "spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits"

maternal collapse: characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers; relating to or derived from one's mother; "maternal genes"

conservatory collapse: a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner; a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts; the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts

epicureanism collapse: a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers

quartet collapse: a musical composition for four performers; four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."; a set of four similar things considered as a unit; four performers or singers who perform together

bookish collapse: characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

waggish collapse: witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper

catchy collapse: having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

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"

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