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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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n.

Music The concluding passage of a movement or composition.
A conclusion or closing part of a statement.

[Italian, from Latin cauda, tail.]

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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]

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
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