organ
noun
1 organ
A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
Roget 580:
voice;
vocality†;
organ,
lungs,
bellows;
good voice,
fine voice,
powerful voice
etc.
(loud)
404;
musical voice
etc.
413;
intonation;
tone of voice
etc.
(sound)
402.
vocalization;
cry
etc.
411;
strain,
utterance,
prolation†;
exclamation,
ejaculation,
vociferation,
ecphonesis†;
enunciation,
articulation;
articulate sound,
distinctness;
clearness,
of articulation;
stage whisper;
delivery.
accent,
accentuation;
emphasis,
stress;
broad accent,
strong accent,
pure accent,
native accent,
foreign accent;
pronunciation.
[Word similarly pronounced]
homonym.
orthoepy†;
cacoepy†;
euphony
etc.
(melody)
413.
gastriloquism†,
ventriloquism;
ventriloquist;
polyphonism†,
polyphonist†.
[Science of voice]
phonology
etc.
(sound)
402.
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Roget 633:
machinery,
mechanism,
engineering.
instrument,
organ,
tool,
implement,
utensil,
machine,
engine,
lathe,
gin,
mill;
air engine,
caloric engine,
heat engine.
gear;
tackle,
tackling,
rig,
rigging,
apparatus,
appliances;
plant,
materiel;
harness,
trappings,
fittings,
accouterments;
barde†;
equipment,
equipmentage†;
appointments,
furniture,
upholstery;
chattels;
paraphernalia
etc.
(belongings)
780.
mechanical powers;
lever,
leverage;
mechanical advantage;
crow,
crowbar;
handspike†,
gavelock†,
jemmy†,
jimmy,
arm,
limb,
wing;
oar,
paddle;
pulley;
wheel and axle;
wheelwork,
clockwork;
wheels within wheels;
pinion,
crank,
winch;
cam;
pedal;
capstan
etc.
(lift)
307;
wheel
etc.
(rotation)
312;
inclined plane;
wedge;
screw;
spring,
mainspring;
can hook,
glut,
heald†,
heddle†,
jenny,
parbuckle†,
sprag†,
water wheel.
handle,
hilt,
haft,
shaft,
heft,
shank,
blade,
trigger,
tiller,
helm,
treadle,
key;
turnscrew,
screwdriver;
knocker.
hammer
etc.
(impulse)
276;
edge tool
etc.
(cut)
253;
borer
etc.
262;
vice,
teeth,
etc.
(hold)
781;
nail,
rope
etc.
(join)
45;
peg
etc.
(hang)
214;
support
etc.
215;
spoon
etc.
(vehicle)
272;
arms
etc.
727;
oar
etc.
(navigation)
267;
cardiograph,
recapper†,
snowplow,
tenpenny†,
votograph†.
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Dutch: orgaan
Polish: organ, narząd
2 organ
A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function.
3 organ
4 organ
A periodical that is published by a special interest group.
Dutch: orgaan
Polish: organ
5 organ
Wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard.
synonym: pipe organ.
Dutch: orgel, orgaan
Polish: organy, organy piszczałkowe
6 organ
A free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows.
synonyms: harmonium, reed organ.
Roget 417:
musical instruments;
band;
string-band,
brass-band;
orchestra;
orchestrina†.
[Stringed instruments],
monochord†,
polychord†;
harp,
lyre,
lute,
archlute†;
mandola†,
mandolin,
mandoline†;
guitar;
zither;
cither†,
cithern†;
gittern†,
rebeck†,
bandurria†,
bandura,
banjo;
bina†,
vina†;
xanorphica†.
viol,
violin,
fiddle,
kit;
viola,
viola d'amore [Fr.],
viola di gamba [It];
tenor,
cremona,
violoncello,
bass;
bass viol,
base viol;
theorbo†,
double base,
contrabasso†,
violone†,
psaltery [Slang];
bow,
fiddlestick†.
piano,
pianoforte;
harpsichord,
clavichord,
clarichord†,
manichord†;
clavier,
spinet,
virginals,
dulcimer,
hurdy-gurdy,
vielle†,
pianino†,
Eolian harp.
[Wind instruments];
organ,
harmonium,
harmoniphon†;
American organ†,
barrel organ,
hand organ;
accordion,
seraphina†,
concertina;
humming top.
flute,
fife,
piccolo,
flageolet;
clarinet,
claronet†;
basset horn,
corno di bassetto [It],
oboe,
hautboy,
cor Anglais [Fr.],
corno Inglese†,
bassoon,
double bassoon,
contrafagotto†,
serpent,
bass clarinet;
bagpipes,
union pipes;
musette,
ocarina,
Pandean pipes;
reed instrument;
sirene†,
pipe,
pitch-pipe;
sourdet†;
whistle,
catcall;
doodlesack†,
harmoniphone†.
horn,
bugle,
cornet,
cornet-a-pistons,
cornopean†,
clarion,
trumpet,
trombone,
ophicleide†;
French horn,
saxophone,
sax [Slang],
buglehorn†,
saxhorn,
flugelhorn†,
althorn†,
helicanhorn†,
posthorn†;
sackbut,
euphonium,
bombardon tuba†.
[Vibrating surfaces]
cymbal,
bell,
gong;
tambour†,
tambourine,
tamborine†;
drum,
tom-tom;
tabor,
tabret†,
tabourine†,
taborin†;
side drum,
kettle drum;
timpani,
tympani†;
tymbal†,
timbrel†,
castanet,
bones;
musical glasses,
musical stones;
harmonica,
sounding-board,
rattle;
tam-tam,
zambomba†.
[Vibrating bars]
reed,
tuning fork,
triangle,
Jew's harp,
musical box,
harmonicon†,
xylophone.
sordine†,
sordet†;
sourdine†,
sourdet†;
mute.
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PERCEPTION OF SOUND
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Dutch: harmonium, huisorgel, kamerorgel, orgel
Polish: harmonium, fisharmonia
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