| 单词 | in ligature |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin ligature 4. Music. A method of indicating the connection or binding of notes into groups, as a guide to their rendering by the executant. In ancient notation, a compound note-form expressing two or more tones to be sung to one syllable. †in ligature: (of notes) connected in this way. In modern notation: a tie n. or slur n.1 In Counterpoint: a syncopation n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > slur or tie ligature1597 tie1656 binding-note1782 slur1786 bind1880 phrasing slur1898 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 9 Phi. But how if it haue a tayle on the right side? Ma. Then it is as though it were not in Ligature and is a Long. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 9 Annot. Ligatures were deuised for the Ditties sake, so that how manye notes serued for one syllable, so many notes were tied together. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 40 A Ligature is the conioyning of simple Figures [notes] by fit strokes. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Hence syncopes are often called ligatures, because they are made by the ligature of many notes. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 183 Ligatures, or binding Notes. 1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Ligature, in Music, a binding indicated by a curved line. 1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 136 Ligature, a passage of two or more notes, sung to a single syllable. 1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 138 In some old printed books, the last note of a Ligature is placed obliquely, in which case it is always to be sung as a Breve. in ligature 5. In Writing and Printing. Two or more letters joined together and forming one character or type; a monogram. Also, a stroke connecting two letters. in ligature, combined in one character or type. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > ligature or compendium diphthong1587 ligature1693 compendium1833 society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > stroke linea1382 tittlec1384 stroke1567 minim1587 pot-hook1611 dash1615 hair-stroke1634 hook1668 foot stroke1676 stem1676 duct1699 hanger1738 downstroke?1760 hairline1846 up-stroke1848 skit1860 pot-crook1882 ligature1883 coupling-stroke1906 bow1914 ductus1922 ascender1934 society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > character formed from joining of two letters ligature1883 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 887 These Ligatures have been a long time Thorns in the Eyes of all that first learn Greek. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Ligatures [with Printers], types consisting of two letters, as ff, fi, st, &c. 1773 Swinton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 326 As for the Greeks, nothing is more common than ligatures, or monograms, on their coins. 1880 J. L. Warren Guide Study Book-plates xii. 137 The two initials..are in ligature. 1883 I. Taylor Alphabet I. v. 263 In the earlier monumental scripts the letters are separate, but in some of the Egyptian papyri certain letters are united by ligatures. 1885 A. S. Cook tr. E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. (1887) 5 The ligatures and diphthongs..are never geminated. 1896 J. C. Egbert Introd. Latin Inscriptions 67 Ligatures..are common in Gallic inscriptions from the first century a.d...Ligatures of Three Letters. < as lemmas |
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