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E0155400 (ŏn-sŏm′bəl)n.1. A unit or group of complementary parts that contribute to a single effect, especially:a. A coordinated outfit or costume.b. A coordinated set of furniture.c. A group of musicians, singers, dancers, or actors who perform together: an improvisational theater ensemble; a woodwind ensemble.2. Music a. A work for two or more vocalists or instrumentalists.b. The performance of such a work.

[French, from Old French, together, from Late Latin īnsimul, at the same time : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + simul, at the same time; see sem- in Indo-European roots.]

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(ɒnˈsɒmbəl; French ɑ̃sɑ̃blə) n1. all the parts of something considered together and in relation to the whole2. (Clothing & Fashion) a person's complete costume; outfit3. (Theatre) a. the cast of a play other than the principals; supporting playersb. (as modifier): an ensemble role. 4. (Classical Music) music a. a group of soloists singing or playing togetherb. (as modifier): an ensemble passage. 5. (Music, other) music the degree of precision and unity exhibited by a group of instrumentalists or singers performing together: the ensemble of the strings is good. 6. the general or total effect of something made up of individual parts7. (General Physics) physics a. a set of systems (such as a set of collections of atoms) that are identical in all respects apart from the motions of their constituentsb. a single system (such as a collection of atoms) in which the properties are determined by the statistical behaviour of its constituentsadvall together or at onceadj8. (Theatre) (of a film or play) involving several separate but often interrelated story lines: ensemble comedy drama. 9. (Film) (of a film or play) involving several separate but often interrelated story lines: ensemble comedy drama. 10. (Theatre) involving no individual star but several actors whose roles are of equal importance: fine ensemble playing. 11. (Film) involving no individual star but several actors whose roles are of equal importance: fine ensemble playing. [C15: from French: together, from Latin insimul, from in-² + simul at the same time]

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(ɑnˈsɑm bəl, -ˈsɑmb, ɑ̃-)

n. 1. all the parts of a thing taken together, so that each part is considered only in relation to the whole. 2. the entire costume of an individual, esp. when all the parts are in harmony. 3. a set of furniture. 4. a. the united performance of an entire group of singers, musicians, etc. b. the group so performing: a string ensemble. 5. a group of supporting entertainers, as actors, dancers, and singers, in a theatrical production. [1740–50; < French: together < Latin insimul=in- in-² + simul together; compare simultaneous]

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A full outfit of clothes worn at the same time, especially of matching clothes.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ensemble - a group of musicians playing or singing together; "a string ensemble"musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform togethergamelan - a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongsjug band - a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instrumentspop group - a group that plays pop musicmariachi - a group of street musicians in Mexicoskiffle group - a band of musicians who play skiffle
	2.	ensemble - a cast other than the principalssupporting playerscast, cast of characters, dramatis personae - the actors in a play
	3.	ensemble - the chorus of a ballet companycorps de balletballet company - a company that produces balletschorus line, chorus - a body of dancers or singers who perform together
	4.	ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a wholetout ensembleartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	5.	ensemble - a coordinated outfit (set of clothing)getup, outfit, rig, turnout - a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant"sailor suit - a boy's ensemble; copied from a sailor's uniform

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noun1. group, company, band, troupe, cast, orchestra, chorus, supporting cast an ensemble of young musicians2. collection, set, body, whole, total, sum, combination, entity, aggregate, entirety, totality, assemblage, conglomeration The state is an ensemble of political and social structures.3. outfit, suit, get-up (informal), costume a dashing ensemble in navy and white

Translations

一组演员定期合唱一组演员定期合奏全体全体演出女人的全套衣装

ensemble

(anˈsablə) , ((American) onˈsombl) noun1. a woman's complete outfit of clothes. 女人的全套衣装2. in opera etc, a passage performed by all the singers, musicians etc together. 全体演出3. a group of musicians performing regularly together. 一组演员定期合奏（唱） 4. all the parts of a thing taken as a whole. 全体，整体

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1. a. the cast of a play other than the principals; supporting players b. (as modifier): an ensemble role 2. Musica. a group of soloists singing or playing together b. (as modifier): an ensemble passage 3. Music the degree of precision and unity exhibited by a group of instrumentalists or singers performing together 4. Physicsa. a set of systems (such as a set of collections of atoms) that are identical in all respects apart from the motions of their constituents b. a single system (such as a collection of atoms) in which the properties are determined by the statistical behaviour of its constituents 5. (of a film or play) involving several separate but often interrelated story lines 6. involving no individual star but several actors whose roles are of equal importance

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(unity, consonance, harmony)

(1) In music ensemble refers to a chamber work for a small number of performers—instrumentalists or vocalists: duet (two performers), trio (three), quartet (four), quintet (five), sextet (six), septet (seven), octet (eight), nonet (nine), and others. Ensembles are also to be found in operas, operettas, oratorios, and cantatas.

(2) In the art of the theater the term “ensemble” signifies balanced and harmonious performances by the actors. Throughout the entire history of the theater the ensemble has arisen as a result of the excellent teamwork of highly professional actors’ groups. The theatrical realism at the end of the 19th century raised the ensemble style to the level of an artistic principle. A historically new phase in this regard was the activity of the so-called free theaters, especially that of the Moscow Art Theater. The system created bv K. S. Stanislavsky for an actor’s work on his role includes interrelationship, interaction, and an internal tie among the actors in the process of their creative work within the basic conditions of stagecraft. Having begun with the concept of ensemble as interpreting the play as a whole, the theater arrived at the assertion of the “deep ensemble” (V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko’s term). The ensemble method became the means for solving complex artistic problems, such as characteristics of environment and period, the structure of crowd scenes, the creation of an emotional atmosphere for the action (“mood”), the revelation of a “background plane,” and a “subtext.” In principle the modern theater is an ensemble theater. The level of stage culture in a production with any content or style is shown in the ensemble.

(3) A group of artists who perform as a single artistic collective, such as a song and dance ensemble, an ensemble of folk instruments, a folk dance ensemble, an ensemble of Soviet opera, and the like.

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a complex of defensive installations in a fortified area, forming a strong point in which groups of fortifications are linked by a common underground unit. Before World War II, two ensembles were erected at the most important sectors of the Maginot Line. Artillery and machine gun towers, machine gun and gun caponieres and half-caponieres, antitank ditches and escarpments, and antipersonnel wire obstacles were located above ground in the ensembles. Below the ground, at a depth of up to 30 meters, control centers, storehouses, and living quarters for the garrison were built. All of the structures were linked by a network of underground galleries and vertical tunnels; they were camouflaged and provided with fire support.

Ensemble

a totality, a harmonious whole.

In architecture and urban construction the term “ensemble” refers to a harmonious unity in the spatial distribution of buildings and engineering constructions (bridges, quays, and the like), architectural paintings, sculpture, and green areas. As a rule, ensembles include roads, drainage systems, and other public amenities of the territory. An important role in planning an ensemble is played by the area’s natural conditions (relief, water resources, and so on). An architectural ensemble is achieved through the integrity of the spatial arrangement of the urban construction complex, the unity of scale, and the rhythm and the module of the buildings and installations that form the ensemble. An ensemble can be created at one time (on the basis of a single plan and in one style) or over a long period (by complementing the original composition with structures of a different style). In the latter case, the integrity of the ensemble is preserved only if the general principles of its construction are adhered to, in an organic combination of the new with the old (Russian monasteries, St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Dvortsovaia Square in Leningrad). To enhance the artistic quality of ensemble architecture and to reveal its ideological and imaginative essence, various kinds of plastic arts are often included in its composition. Such are the ensemble of the Decembrists Square with a monument to Peter I in Leningrad, the palace and park ensembles of the 17th and 18th centuries (Versailles, Petrodvorets, Kuskovo, and many others), and the Lenin Square ensemble in Yerevan (1926–58).

In decorative art, an ensemble may be an artistically integrated group of works, such as an ensemble of mural frescoes or of the decor and furnishings of an interior, of costumes, of jewelry, and the like. The volume and the spatial relationships of a decorative ensemble in an interior are in a large measure dictated by the architectural design of the building (its form, size, and proportions).

N. V. BARANOV

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in statistical mechanics, a collection of an arbitrarily large number of identical many-particle physical systems (replicas of a given system) that are in identical macroscopic states. The microscopic states of each system may take on all values compatible with specified values of the macroscopic parameters that determine the system’s macroscopic state.

Examples of ensembles are the microcanonical ensemble, which is a collection of systems describing a single isolated system of specified total energy, the canonical ensemble, which is a collection of systems describing an individual system that is in thermal contact with a heat reservoir of a specified temperature, and the grand canonical ensemble, which is a collection of systems describing an individual system that is in contact with a heat reservoir and a reservoir of particles.

A fundamental concept of statistical mechanics, the ensemble permits the application of the methods of probability theory.

ensemble

[än′säm·bəl] (statistical mechanics) A collection of systems of particles used to describe an individual system; time averages of quantities describing the individual system are found by averaging over the systems in the ensemble at a fixed time.

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noun group

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noun collection

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noun outfit

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noun a group of musicians playing or singing together

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noun a cast other than the principals

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noun the chorus of a ballet company

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noun an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole

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noun a coordinated outfit (set of clothing)

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