Semigrand
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of a piano: having a size intermediate between grand and baby grand. not-comparable
"An upright semi-grand piano near the door, flanked by two palms in pots, executed suddenly all by itself a valse tune with aggressive virtuosity."
- 2 Pertaining to a distribution of species that holds the number of particles, pressure, and temperature fixed but allows mole fractions of species within a phase to fluctuate. not-comparable
"A cluster algorithm for Monte Carlo simulations in a semigrand ensemble was used."
Example
More examples"An upright semi-grand piano near the door, flanked by two palms in pots, executed suddenly all by itself a valse tune with aggressive virtuosity."
Etymology
From semi- + grand.
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