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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: prolusion (0.00874 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to prolusion.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: prolusion
prolusion
n 1: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
[syn:
foreword,
preface]
2: exercising in preparation for strenuous activity [syn:
warm-up,
tune-up]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Prolusion
Prolusion
\Pro*lu"sion\, n. [L. prolusio, fr. proludere to
prelude; pro before + ludere to play: cf. F. prolusion, It.
prolusione.]
A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence,
an introductory essay or exercise.
“Domestic prolusions.”
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the
worthy divine, whose prolusion lasted. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
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