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hypolydian

hypolydian adjective: describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from C to F.

Adjective

hypolydian (not comparable)

  1. Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from C to F.

Origin of hypolydian

From hypo- + Lydian.

Questions about hypolydian

What does hypolydian mean?
Hypolydian means describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from C to F.
What part of speech is hypolydian?
Hypolydian is an adjective.

Words near hypolydian in the dictionary

  1. Hypolocrian
  2. hypolophid
  3. hypolophids
  4. hypolophulid
  5. hypolophulids
  6. hypolydian
  7. hypolymnion
  8. hypolymnions
  9. hypomagnesaemia
  10. hypomagnesaemic
  11. hypomagnesemia

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