figured bass

Noun
Synonyms: basso continuocontinuothorough bass

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be playedSynonyms: basso continuocontinuothorough bass
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Figured \Fig"ured\, a.

1.Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin. [1913 Webster]

2.Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke. [1913 Webster]

3.(Mus.) (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3. (b) Indicated or noted by figures. [1913 Webster]

Figured bass. See Continued bass, under Continued. [1913 Webster]

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