Cleflike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a musical clef.

    "Early sculptures refer, often explicitly, to musical structure and notation: the torqued staffs of “Sculpture No. 17” (1935) or the cleflike curlicues of “Sculpture 11” (1934)."

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"Early sculptures refer, often explicitly, to musical structure and notation: the torqued staffs of “Sculpture No. 17” (1935) or the cleflike curlicues of “Sculpture 11” (1934)."

Etymology

From clef + -like.

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