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tremulants

tremulants is the plural of tremulant.

Meaning of tremulant

Noun

tremulant (plural tremulants)

  1. A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument.
    • The tremulant is a small apparatus that gives to the tone of any department of an organ to which it may be applied a waving or undulating effect.1855, Edward J. Hopkins, “XVI: The Tremulant”, in The Organ: Its History and Construction, page 70

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Questions about tremulants

What is tremulants the plural of?
Tremulants is the plural of tremulant.

Words near tremulants in the dictionary

  1. tremping
  2. tremps
  3. trems
  4. tremulacin
  5. tremulant
  6. tremulants
  7. tremulate
  8. tremulated
  9. tremulates
  10. tremulating
  11. tremulation

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