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pyknon

pyknon noun: the lower part of a tetrachord in Ancient Greek music, consisting of a composite interval (two successive intervals) that is less than the remaining (incomposite) interval.

Noun

pyknon (plural pyknons or pykna)

  1. The lower part of a tetrachord in Ancient Greek music, consisting of a composite interval (two successive intervals) that is less than the remaining (incomposite) interval.
  2. Condensation, density.
  3. A nonrandom pattern of repeated elements, which are found more frequently in the 3′ untranslated regions of genes than in other regions of the human genome. Although it is unclear how pyknons might have arisen, it is possible that they may be involved in a new form of gene regulation.

Forms of pyknon

pluralpyknons
pluralpykna
alternative formpycnon

Origin of pyknon

From Ancient Greek πυκνόν (puknón), form of Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense, compressed”).

Questions about pyknon

What does pyknon mean?
Pyknon means the lower part of a tetrachord in Ancient Greek music, consisting of a composite interval (two successive intervals) that is less than the remaining (incomposite) interval.
What part of speech is pyknon?
Pyknon is a noun.
What is the plural of pyknon?
The plural of pyknon is pyknons.

Words near pyknon in the dictionary

  1. pyknometer
  2. pyknometers
  3. pyknometric
  4. pyknometry
  5. pyknomorphic
  6. pyknon
  7. pyknons
  8. pyknoses
  9. pyknosis
  10. pyknosome
  11. pyknosomes

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