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–noun
1.Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
2.Ballet. the concluding section of a ballet, esp. the final part of a pas de deux.
3.a concluding section or part, esp. one of a conventional form and serving as a summation of preceding themes, motifs, etc., as in a work of literature or drama.
4.anything that serves as a concluding part.
5.Phonetics. the segment of a syllable following the nucleus, as the d-sound in good. Compare core (def. 14), onset (def. 3).

[Origin: 1745–55; < It < L cauda tail; cf. queue]
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co·da    Audio Help   (kō'də)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Music The concluding passage of a movement or composition.
  2. A conclusion or closing part of a statement.


[Italian, from Latin cauda, tail.]

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coda 
1753, from L. cauda "a tail."

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coda

noun
the closing section of a musical composition [syn: finale

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coda

An ending to a piece of music, standing outside the formal structure of the piece. Coda is the Italian word for “tail.”


[Chapter:] Fine Arts


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Coda

Co"da\ (k[=o]"d[.a]), n. [It., tail, fr. L. cauda.] (Mus.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
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CoDA
Co-Dependents Anonymous

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CODA
Children of Deaf Adults

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