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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.] 1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear. [1913 Webster] Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no other sounds. See {Tone}. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones. (b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones. [1913 Webster] 3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score. [1913 Webster] 4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music. [1913 Webster] The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See {Stridulation}. [1913 Webster] {Magic music}, a game in which a person is guided in finding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson. {Music box}. See {Musical box}, under {Musical}. {Music hall}, a place for public musical entertainments. {Music loft}, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church. {Music of the spheres}, the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres. {Music paper}, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists. {Music pen}, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff. {Music shell} (Zool.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked. {To face the music}, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching. [Colloq. or Slang] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: music n 1: an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner 2: any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" [syn: {music}, {euphony}] 3: musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" 4: (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) 5: punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" [syn: {music}, {medicine}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: music n. A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare {science-fiction fandom}, {oriental food}; see also {filk}). Hackish folklore has long claimed that musical and programming abilities are closely related, and there has been at least one large-scale statistical study that supports this. Hackers, as a rule, like music and often develop musical appreciation in unusual and interesting directions. Folk music is very big in hacker circles; so is electronic music, and the sort of elaborate instrumental jazz/rock that used to be called ?progressive? and isn't recorded much any more. The hacker's musical range tends to be wide; many can listen with equal appreciation to (say) Talking Heads, Yes, Gentle Giant, Pat Metheny, Scott Joplin, Tangerine Dream, Dream Theater, King Sunny Ade, The Pretenders, Screaming Trees, or the Brandenburg Concerti. It is also apparently true that hackerdom includes a much higher concentration of talented amateur musicians than one would expect from a similar-sized control group of {mundane} types.