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the⋅mat⋅ic

  [thee-mat-ik]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a theme.
2. Grammar.
a. (of a word or words) of, pertaining to, or producing a theme or themes.
b. (of a vowel) pertaining to the theme or stem: the thematic vowel ends the stem and precedes the inflectional ending of a word form, as i in Latin audiō “I hear.”
Origin:
1690–1700; < Gk thematikós, equiv. to themat- (s. of théma) theme + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
the⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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the·mat·ic   (thĭ-māt'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or being a theme: a scene of thematic importance.
  2. Linguistics Of, constituting, or relating to the theme of a word: a thematic vowel.

[Greek thematikos, from thema, themat-, theme; see theme.]
the·mat'i·cal·ly adv.
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Thematic

The*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. th['e]matique.]

1. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4.

2. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.

Thematic catalogue (Mus.), a catalogue of musical works which, besides the title and other particulars, gives in notes the theme, or first few measures, of the whole work or of its several movements.
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