Definition of Limmas

1. limma [n] - See also: limma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limmas

limitingly
limitings
limitive
limitless
limitlessly
limitlessness
limitlessnesses
limitour
limitours
limitrophe
limits
limits inferior
limits superior
limivorous
limma
limmas (current term)
limmers
limn
limn-
limnaeid
limnaeids
limnaemia
limnaemic
limned
limner
limners
limnetic
limniad
limnic

Literary usage of Limmas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1911)
"Hence a major and a minor tone are very nearly the same, while each of these is very nearly equal to the interval of two limmas, since two limmas are equal ..."

2. A System of Mechanical Philosophy by John Robison, James Watt (1822)
"It is easy to see, that no system of mean tones and limmas will give the same music on every key, unless the tones be increased, and the limmas diminished, ..."

3. The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review by John Henry Newman, James Shergold Boone (1805)
"... and limmas, are the only true theoretical elements ot ... and equal limmas., is now generally adopted in tuning the piano-forte ; and, ..."

4. The British Critic: A New Review (1805)
"We are ready to allow, that a chromatic feries of equal tones, and equal limmas, is now generally adopted in-tuning'the piano-forte ; and, ..."

5. An Analysis of the Principles of Natural Philosophy by Matthew Young (1811)
"... divided into five mean tones, and two limmas, each limma exceeding an ... The limmas alfo are equal by construction. 30. ..."

6. Aquatic Microscopy for Beginners: Or, Common Objects from the Ponds and Ditches by Alfred Cheatham Stokes (1918)
"... cerato h ll1 named limmas ... It is limmas annulatus. The distance between the ridges varies in different specimens. ..."

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