Courant

//ˈkʊɹənt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of music in triple time.
  2. 2
    A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
  3. 3
    A lively dance; a coranto.

    "a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversation It is harder, in that, to dance a courant well than a jig."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Represented as running. not-comparable

    "a classical lion courant"

Synonyms

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at speedin full chasein full course

Example

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"Since 1963, Indian-born Srinivasa Varadhan has been teaching and conducting research at New York University's prestigious Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, in New York City. This past May, Varadhan won one of mathematics' top honors, the 900-thousand dollar Abel Prize, for his pioneering research in probability theory."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Alternative form of courante.

Etymology 2

From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.

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counter-courant

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