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A person born hearing to deaf parents.
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A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
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The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
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The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all.
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In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
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A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
Examples of coda in a Sentence
Think about it, golf in the morning, wine tasting in the afternoon and a massage to serve as a coda to the day.
Before our coda, allow us to sing one last refrain.
This fast tempo returns, finally, to provide a coda.
There is a final coda to this strange tale.
Paul Davies chairs a debate between proponents of each theory, adding a coda of his own.
In Coles ' case the story had a coda.
And unsurprisingly the climax is an inconclusive, haunting coda, with little explained or resolved.
Two very short chapters make a coda with an account of Gregory's death, and a general assessment.
The weird bits (Easy, Love Is the New Feel Awful, complete with extended saxophone coda) are more experimental.
Just the two vocals tunes here and one of those contains a six minutes instrumental coda, but we don't mind too much.
There's a sublime piano coda at the heart of the piece, strange voices and gentle electronic flutters.
Both musicians were incredibly special, and the piano part Quinn slips into as the track's coda is out of this world.
But before our coda, allow us to sing one last refrain.
The third movement is a short, fast scherzo with a trio which returns in the coda.
This variation set and its coda is preceded by a large recitative section, further complicating the design !
The opening music returns at the Quoniam tu solus sanctus with an Amen coda bringing the movement to an architecturally satisfying close.
Bright tannins and a lingering finish ends with a smooth diminishing coda.
Programs include AA, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Al-Anon, Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA), Alateen, and Co-Dependence Anonymous (CODA).
Other movie appearances include Summer Coda, Cedar Boys, Shutter, and See No Evil.
A short coda brings the movement to a close in a bright B major.
But no - there was the " scream and shout " crescendo, and the band blasted out the long coda.
Magical harmonic progressions in the delicate coda prepare the way for the energy of the finale.
The opening music returns at the Quoniam tu solus Sanctus with an Amen coda bringing the movement to an architecturally satisfying close.