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sol⋅mi⋅za⋅tion

[sol-muh-zey-shuhn, sohl-]
–noun Music.
the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, esp. the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.

Origin:
1720–30; < F solmisation, equiv. to solmis(er) (sol sol 1 + mi mi + -iser -ize ) + -ation -ation
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sol·mi·za·tion   (sŏl'mĭ-zā'shən)   
n.   Music
The act or a system of using syllables, especially sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.

[French solmisation, from solmiser, to sol-fa : sol, note of the scale (from Medieval Latin; see gamut) + mi, note of the scale (from Medieval Latin; see gamut).]
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