(n) a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row), Syn. 12-tone system, twelve-tone system, 12-tone music

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Twelve

a. [ OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zwölf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. tōlf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth. twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the second part of E. eleven. See Two, and Eleven. ] One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelve-men's morris. See the Note under Morris. --
Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelve

n. 1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Twelve (Script.), the twelve apostles. Matt. xxvi. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelvemo

a. & n. See Duodecimo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelvemonth

n. A year which consists of twelve calendar months. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelvepence

n. A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelvepenny

a. Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelvescore

n. & a. Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

十二

[十二, shí èr] twelve; 12

十二时辰

[十二时辰 / 十二時辰, shí èr shí chen] twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

トゥエルブ

[touerubu] (n) twelve

黄道十二宮

[こうどうじゅうにきゅう, koudoujuunikyuu] (n) twelve signs of the zodiac

気学

[きがく, kigaku] (n) fortune telling based on Chinese twelve year cycle

皇朝十二銭

[こうちょうじゅうにせん, kouchoujuunisen] (n) twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods

周天

[しゅうてん, shuuten] (n) (1) the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth; (2) twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar

十二

[じゅうに, juuni] (n) 12; twelve; (P)

十二因縁

[じゅうにいんねん, juuniinnen] (n) { Buddh } the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)

十二縁起説

[じゅうにえんぎせつ, juuniengisetsu] (n) { Buddh } Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San

十二経

[じゅうにけい, juunikei] (n) (See 経絡・1) twelve meridians (in acupuncture, etc.)

十二使徒

[じゅうにしと, juunishito] (n) Twelve Apostles

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Zwölftonmusik { f }

twelve tone music

zwölfjährig

twelve years old

zwölfstündig

twelve hour

zwölftägig