tablature
[ tab-luh-cher, -choor ]
/ Ë?tæb lÉ™ tÊ?É™r, -ËŒtÊ?ÊŠÉ™r /
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noun
Music. any of various systems of music notation using letters, numbers, or other signs to indicate the strings, frets, keys, etc., to be played.
a tabular space, surface, or structure.
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Origin of tablature
1565–75; <Middle French, Latinization (influenced by Latin tabula board) of Italian intavolatura, derivative of intavolare to put on a board, score
Words nearby tablature
tab-hang, tabi, tabinet, tabla, Tablas, tablature, table, tableau, tableau curtain, tableau vivant, Table Bay
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British Dictionary definitions for tablature
tablature
/ (Ë?tæblÉ™tÊ?É™) /
noun
music any of a number of forms of musical notation, esp for playing the lute, consisting of letters and signs indicating rhythm and fingering
an engraved or painted tablet or other flat surface
Word Origin for tablature
C16: from French, ultimately from Latin tabulÄ?tum wooden floor, from tabula a plank
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Medical definitions for tablature
tablature
[ tÄ?b′lÉ™-chur′, -chÉ™r ]
n.
An engraved tablet or surface.
The cranial bones considered as two laminae separated by the diploe.
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