coda

Meanings

1. A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
2. The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants.
3. 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.
4. A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
5. A series of clicks used by sperm whales for communicating with each other.

1. Alternative spelling of CODA.

1. A person born hearing to deaf parents.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola.

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