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tu⋅ba

  [too-buh, tyoo-]
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–noun, plural -bas for 1a, b, 2; -bae  [-bee] for 1c.
1. Music.
a. a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
b. an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
c. an ancient Roman trumpet.
2. Meteorology. funnel cloud.
Origin:
1850–55; < L: trumpet; akin to tube
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funnel cloud

 
–noun
a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
Also called pendant cloud, tornado cloud, tuba.
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tu·ba   (tōō'bə, tyōō'-)   
n.  

  1. A large, valved, brass wind instrument with a bass pitch.

  2. A reed stop in an organ, having eight-foot pitch.


[Italian, from Latin, trumpet; akin to tubus, tube.]
tu'ba·ist, tu'bist n.
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Cultural Dictionary

tuba

The lowest-pitched of the brass instruments. In orchestras, the tuba is usually held across the player's lap. In marching bands, the sousaphone is generally used as a low brass instrument because it was designed to be carried.

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Word Origin & History

tuba 
1852, from Fr. tuba, from L. tuba (pl. tubæ) "straight bronze war trumpet," related to tubus (see tube).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

TUBA networking, protocol
An Internet protocol, described in RFC 1347, RFC 1526 and RFC 1561, and based on the OSI Connectionless Network Protocol (CNLP).
TUBA is one of the proposals for Internet Protocol Version 6.
(1995-04-03)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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