Definitions for organum

organum or·ga·num

Spelling: [awr-guh-nuh m]
IPA: /ˈɔr gə nəm/

Organum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 200 anagrams from letters in organum (agmnoru).

Definitions for organum

noun

  1. an organon.
  2. Music. the doubling, or simultaneous singing, of a melody at an interval of either a fourth, a fifth, or an octave. the second part in such singing.

Origin of organum

From Latin, dating back to 1605-15; See origin at organ

Examples for organum

The inductive method, so far as exhibited in the organum, is exemplified by an investigation into the nature of heat.

The very word is redolent of an organum—whether novum or veterum.

The transition from organum to discant was effected about the year 1100.

He called his system an “organum” or “diaphony,” and to sing according to his rules was called to “organize” or “organate.”

The combination of the faux bourdon and the remnant of the organum gives us the foundation for our modern tone system.

It has been called by Whewell at once the Encyclopaedia and the organum of the 13th century.

By studying the rules prescribed for the organum, the singers could add the proper intervals to the melody.

The organum (philosophy of first principles) of Aristotle was first publicly taught in 1215.

organum est librite hydrobapticum ad omnium ripas situm, lingu fervore refrigerando.

In the organistrum three strings, acted on simultaneously by the keys, produced the rude harmony known as organum.

Word Value for organum
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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