viola7 definitions found viola - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : Viola \Vi"o*la\, n. [L., a violet. See Violet.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets. [1913 Webster] Viola \Vi"o*la\, n. [It. See Viol.] (Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. [1913 Webster] Viola da braccio [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto. Viola da gamba [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. Viola da spalla [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. Viola di amore [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used. [1913 Webster] viola - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) : viola n 1: any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola 2: large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions [syn: Viola, genus Viola] 3: a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower viola - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) : Viola An experimental hypercard-like interpreted hypertext system by Pei Y. Wei of Berkeley. (1994-11-30) viola - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) : VIOLA Vertically Intergrated Optical Testbed for Large Applications (DFN) viola - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : Viola, AR (town, FIPS 72140) Location: 36.39616 N, 91.98494 W Population (1990): 320 (152 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72583 Viola, DE (town, FIPS 74330) Location: 39.04211 N, 75.57195 W Population (1990): 153 (58 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19979 Viola, ID Zip code(s): 83872 Viola, IL (village, FIPS 78123) Location: 41.20524 N, 90.58741 W Population (1990): 964 (399 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61486 Viola, KS (city, FIPS 74025) Location: 37.48246 N, 97.64456 W Population (1990): 185 (69 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67149 Viola, MN Zip code(s): 55934 Viola, NY (CDP, FIPS 77574) Location: 41.12938 N, 74.08247 W Population (1990): 4504 (1370 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Viola, TN (town, FIPS 77400) Location: 35.53803 N, 85.86063 W Population (1990): 123 (55 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Viola, WI (village, FIPS 82900) Location: 43.50756 N, 90.67311 W Population (1990): 644 (306 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54664 viola - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : 97 Moby Thesaurus words for "viola": A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, English horn, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, bass, bass viol, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, cello, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, contrabass, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, crowd, cymbel, diapason, double bass, dulciana, fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, fingerboard, flute stop, foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn, harmonic flute, hybrid stop, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, koppel flute, larigot, melodia, mixture, mutation stop, nazard, oboe, octave, organ stop, piccolo, plein jeu, posaune, principal, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket, reed stop, register, rohr flute, scroll, sesquialtera, shawm, soundboard, spitz flute, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, string, string diapason, string stop, tenor violin, tierce, tremolo, trombone, trumpet, tuning peg, twelfth, unda maris, vibrato, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana |