Found 2 items, similar to figured bass.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: figured bass
figured bass
n : a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers
to indicate the chords to be played [syn:
basso continuo,
continuo,
thorough bass]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Figured bass
Figured
\Fig"ured\, a.
1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured
muslin.
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2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke.
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3. (Mus.)
(a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See
Figurate, 3.
(b) Indicated or noted by figures.
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Figured bass. See
Continued bass, under
Continued.
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