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ligadura — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ligature noun A cord, thread, or wire used to tie something tightly, especially to close off a blood vessel in surgery.
  • slur noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
  • tie noun A narrow strip of fabric worn around the neck, usually with a shirt collar, as an item of formal clothing.

Senses

ligadura is used for these senses in English:

  • slur (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).

ligature — full definition

  1. noun A cord, thread, or wire used to tie something tightly, especially to close off a blood vessel in surgery.
  2. noun A character formed by joining two or more letters into a single glyph, such as æ.

slur — full definition

  1. noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
  2. noun Unclear, poorly separated speech.
  3. verb To pronounce words unclearly by running them together.

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