Definition of gamut Gamut

/gæˈmʌt/ - [gatmut] - gam•ut

We found 10 definitions of gamut from 6 different sources.

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What does gamut mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: gamuts

gamut - the entire scale of musical notes
  musical scale, scale a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
gamut - a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • gamut (n.)
    The scale.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • gamut
    A complete range.
  • gamut
    The subset of colors which can be accurately represented in a given circumstance, such as within a given color space or by a certain output device.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • gamut
    gam′ut, n. the musical scale: the whole extent of a thing. [So called from the Gr. gamma, which marked the last of the series of notes in the musical notation of Guido Aretinus, and L. ut, the beginning of an old hymn to St John ('Ut queant laxis') used in singing the scale.]

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