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organum

/awr-guh-nuhm/US // ˈɔr gə nəm //UK // (ˈɔːɡənəm) //

器官,有机体,机关,有机物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural or·ga·na [awr-guh-nuh], /ˈɔr gə nə/, or·ga·nums.

    • : an organon.
    • : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inharmony

Examples

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

  • Bacon was 60 years of age when his "Novum Organum" was published.

  • His fame, too, had been increased by the publication in 1620 of his most celebrated work, the Novum Organum.

  • This division is represented, though only imperfectly, by the Novum Organum, particularly book ii.

  • This supposition receives some support from the manner in which the fifth part is spoken of in the Novum Organum, i. 116.