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Harmonic progression
Coltrane changes (Coltrane Matrix or cycle, also known as chromatic third relations and multi-tonic changes) are a harmonic progression variation using
Coltrane_changes
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential
John_Coltrane
1961 studio album by John Coltrane
the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in March 1961 on Atlantic Records. It was the first album to feature Coltrane playing soprano saxophone
My Favorite Things (John Coltrane album)
My_Favorite_Things_(John_Coltrane_album)
Method of organizing pitches and keys
named John Coltrane often used a cycle composed of a sequence of major thirds for his unique key changes, hence the namesake for "Coltrane changes." His popularity
Circle_of_thirds
1960 composition by John Coltrane
contrafact of Miles Davis's "Tune Up", which is reharmonized to the Coltrane changes. The original recording has been described as having "resolute intensity
Countdown (John Coltrane song)
Countdown_(John_Coltrane_song)
1960 jazz composition by John Coltrane
composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as Coltrane changes. The composition has become a jazz standard, covered by many artists
Giant_Steps_(composition)
Song by John Coltrane
original chord changes used by Coltrane in a number of his compositions. This harmonic modification is commonly known as Coltrane Changes, which have been
26-2
door is V7) 3 Major Bird changes 20 Major Chromatic descending 5–6 sequence 4 Mix. Circle progression 4 Major Coltrane changes 6 Major Eight-bar blues
List_of_chord_progressions
1962 live album by John Coltrane
Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard is a live album by the jazz musician and composer John Coltrane. It was released in February 1962 through Impulse
Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard
Coltrane_"Live"_at_the_Village_Vanguard
Type of chord progression
The Blues for Alice changes, Bird changes, Bird Blues, or New York Blues changes, is a chord progression, often named after Charlie Parker ("Bird"), which
Bird_changes
Music theory concept
concerned, it was the precursor to more complex substitution patterns like Coltrane changes. Tritone substitutions are sometimes used in improvisation—often to
Tritone_substitution
Topics referred to by the same term
for chord progression Coltrane changes, type of harmonic progression, first used in 1959 by John Coltrane An algorithmic Change ringing, pattern for ringing
Changes
1957 studio album by Miles Davis
Davis signed with Columbia and formed his "first great quintet" with John Coltrane on saxophone. 'Round About Midnight was his first album for the label.
'Round_About_Midnight
Improvisational approach
outside, that include side-stepping or side-slipping, superimposition of Coltrane changes, and polytonality. The term outside is commonly used by jazz musicians
Outside_(jazz)
Chordal accompaniment to a line or melody
alter the changes to make the tune sound more contemporary or progressive. Art Tatum was a pioneer of reharmonization, and later on John Coltrane, Miles
Harmonization
1966 studio album by John Coltrane
and musician John Coltrane. It was released through Impulse! Records in February 1966. It is considered a watershed in Coltrane's work, with the albums
Ascension (John Coltrane album)
Ascension_(John_Coltrane_album)
1960 studio album by John Coltrane
album by the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in February 1960 through Atlantic Records. This was Coltrane's first album as leader for the label
Giant_Steps
Harmonic structures constructed from intervals of thirds
motion in fifths, as for example in the thirds cycle used in John Coltrane's Coltrane changes, as influenced by Nicolas Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and
Tertian
Technique of using a chord in place of another in a progression of chords
over the original progression, which adds interest for listeners. Coltrane changes Passing chord Blatter, Alfred (2007). Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide
Chord_substitution
Chord progression
would eventually lead to John Coltrane's Coltrane changes. The Dameron turnaround has alternately been called the "Coltrane turnaround". Further examples
Tadd_Dameron_turnaround
American jazz musician
the music of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. David Damsey is a co-author of John Coltrane Plays Coltrane Changes and a professor of music and coordinator
Masaya_Yamaguchi
1964 composition by John Coltrane
that is played like a ballad. Central Park West employs Coltrane changes. In the song, Coltrane divides the octave into four, producing an ascending cycle
Central Park West (composition)
Central_Park_West_(composition)
1963 studio album by John Coltrane
Ballads is a jazz album by American saxophonist John Coltrane released in January 1963 by Impulse! Records. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962,
Ballads_(John_Coltrane_album)
Musical chord
octave. Altered chord Diminished triad Giant Steps (composition) and Coltrane changes Palmer, H. R. (1876). Palmer's Theory of Music. J. Church. pp. 91–92
Augmented_triad
Topics referred to by the same term
John Coltrane (1926–1967) was an American jazz saxophonist. Coltrane may also refer to: Coltrane (surname) Coltrane (1957 album), an album by John Coltrane
Coltrane_(disambiguation)
Concept in jazz music
"Bird" changes Borrowed (contrafact) Circle Coltrane changes Omnibus Passamezzo antico Passamezzo moderno Ragtime Royal road progression "Rhythm" changes Stomp
Turnaround_(music)
Surname list
wife of John Coltrane David S. Coltrane (1893–1968), American politician Chi Coltrane (born 1948), American rock musician Ellar Coltrane (born 1994),
Coltrane_(surname)
2001 compilation album by John Coltrane
Coltrane for Lovers is a compilation album of recordings by American jazz saxophonist-composer John Coltrane, released posthumously on January 23, 2001
Coltrane_for_Lovers
1960 composition by John Coltrane
form, composed by John Coltrane in 1959. The song is named in tribute to the bass player Paul Chambers, who had accompanied Coltrane for years. It first
Mr._P.C.
of tonality. Interval cycles are also important in jazz, such as in Coltrane changes. "Similarly," to any pair of transpositionally related sets being reducible
Interval_cycle
1957 studio album by John Coltrane
Coltrane is a studio album by the American jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in October 1957 through Prestige Records. The recordings took place
Coltrane_(1957_album)
1961 studio album by John Coltrane
Olé Coltrane is a studio album by the jazz musician and composer John Coltrane. It was released in November 1961 by Atlantic Records. The album was recorded
Olé_Coltrane
1988 live album by John Coltrane
musician John Coltrane that was released in 1988 on the France's Concert label. Live in Antibes was recorded in the middle of one of Coltrane's busiest summers
Live_in_Antibes
System of music analysis
in an appendix to The Music of Béla Bartók (1992). Acoustic scale Coltrane changes Cooper, p.29 Cooper, p.30 Lendvai, p.5 Lendvai, p.4 Lendvai, p.3 Tomalin
Axis_system
Use of Roman Numeral symbols in the musical analysis of chords
"Bird" changes Borrowed (contrafact) Circle Coltrane changes Omnibus Passamezzo antico Passamezzo moderno Ragtime Royal road progression "Rhythm" changes Stomp
Roman_numeral_analysis
Difference in pitch between two consecutive notes of a musical scale
Some of these later idioms included many or predominantly leaps. Coltrane changes Giant Steps (composition) Linear progression Transposition (music)
Steps_and_skips
1968 studio album by John Coltrane
Om is a posthumously released album by John Coltrane, recorded on October 1, 1965, one day after the recording of Live in Seattle, and one day prior to
Om_(John_Coltrane_album)
1965 studio album by John Coltrane
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (full title The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Chim Chim Cheree, Song of Praise, Nature Boy, Brazilia) is an album by the
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
The_John_Coltrane_Quartet_Plays
1961 studio album by John Coltrane
jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released on September 1, 1961 through Impulse! Records. Coltrane's working quartet is augmented by a
Africa/Brass
1960 composition by John Coltrane
is a jazz ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959 that he named after his then-wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. Coltrane first recorded it for his 1959 album
Naima
Character from The Dukes of Hazzard
Rosco Purvis Coltrane is a fictional sheriff character who first appeared in the 1975 film Moonrunners, which inspired the creation of the American TV
Sheriff_Rosco_P._Coltrane
American jazz pianist (1938–2020)
an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965 and his long solo career afterward. He was an
McCoy_Tyner
American action-comedy television series (1979–1985)
and evade county commissioner Boss Hogg and law officer Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. The "Duke Boys" drive a customized 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed the General
The_Dukes_of_Hazzard
Jazz band led by Miles Davis
the recommendation of drummer Jones, Davis replaced Rollins with John Coltrane, beginning a partnership that would last five years and finalizing the
Miles_Davis_Quintet
1971 live album by John Coltrane
saxophonist John Coltrane, recorded in 1965 and released posthumously in 1971 on the Impulse! label. The album consists of a set played by Coltrane's quartet (augmented
Live in Seattle (John Coltrane album)
Live_in_Seattle_(John_Coltrane_album)
American art collector and painter
in his album "Free" (1963): "Shades Of Stein". The track features coltrane changes. Wineapple, Brenda (1996). Sister Brother:Gertrude and Leo Stein. Nebraska:
Sarah_Stein
1970 greatest hits album by John Coltrane
the album Giant Steps and represent the height of Coltrane's experimentation with Coltrane changes and sheets of sound. His cover version of "My Favorite
The_Best_of_John_Coltrane
2007 live album by John Coltrane
My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport is a live album by jazz musician John Coltrane released by Impulse! in 2007. It brings together tracks from performances
My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport
My_Favorite_Things:_Coltrane_at_Newport
1977 studio album by Alice Coltrane
album by Alice Coltrane. It was recorded in California in August 1976, and was released in 1977 by Warner Bros. On the album, Coltrane is joined by students
Radha-Krsna_Nama_Sankirtana
1963 studio album by Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane is a studio album of music performed by jazz musicians Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane. It was released on the New Jazz
Kenny_Burrell_&_John_Coltrane
1959 studio album by John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette
Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette is a studio album by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette released in October 1959 on Prestige Records
Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette
Cattin'_with_Coltrane_and_Quinichette
Method of pairing compatible chords and scales
to the chord-scale system, such as John Coltrane's "Giant Steps", while excluding others, such as Coltrane's later styles of composition, and producing
Chord-scale_system
1993 live album by Marilyn Crispell
For Coltrane is a live solo piano album by Marilyn Crispell. It was recorded at Logan Hall in London in July 1987, and was released in 1993 by Leo Records
For_Coltrane
Harmonic music theory as it applies to Jazz
maintaining a tonality based in one key center. For example, the popular John Coltrane tune "Giant Steps" moves through many keys using ii-V-I's as setups to
Jazz_harmony
American jazz drummer (1927–2004)
American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared
Elvin_Jones
1974 studio album by John Coltrane
Interstellar Space is a studio album by the American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, featuring the drummer Rashied Ali. It was recorded in 1967, the year of
Interstellar_Space
2014 film directed by Richard Linklater
Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. Filmed from 2002 to 2014, Boyhood depicts the childhood and adolescence of Mason Evans Jr. (Coltrane) from
Boyhood_(2014_film)
1959 studio album by Miles Davis
Records. For this album, Davis led a sextet featuring saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers
Kind_of_Blue
1971 studio album by John Coltrane
John Coltrane recorded on August 26, 1965. Along with First Meditations, recorded a week later, it was one of the last recording dates for Coltrane's "Classic
Sun_Ship
1963 studio album by Pepper Adams and Cecil Payne with John Coltrane
Dakar is a jazz album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released in November 1963 through Prestige Records. Dakar is a reissue
Dakar_(album)
shift Bebop scale Bird changes Block chord Blue note Cadenza Call and response Chord-scale system Chordioid Coltrane changes Comping Constant structure
List of free improvising musicians and groups
List_of_free_improvising_musicians_and_groups
1977 studio album by John Coltrane
an album by John Coltrane recorded on September 2, 1965, and posthumously released in 1977. It is a quartet version of a suite Coltrane would record as
First Meditations (for quartet)
First_Meditations_(for_quartet)
Jazz Standard by John Coltrane
jazz standard composed by John Coltrane. The song was featured on Coltrane's noted 1958 recording Blue Train. Coltrane never recorded "Moment's Notice"
Moment's_Notice
Topics referred to by the same term
standard composed by John Coltrane Impression (album), the soundtrack from the anime series Samurai Champloo Impressions (John Coltrane album), a 1963 album
Impression
1966 studio album by John Coltrane and Don Cherry
credited to jazz musicians John Coltrane and Don Cherry that was released in 1966 by Atlantic Records. It features Coltrane playing several compositions
The_Avant-Garde_(album)
1979 compilation album by Miles Davis
Following the Milestones sessions, Davis made significant personnel changes. By the time Coltrane had returned from Thelonious Monk's quartet to Davis's sextet
1958_Miles
Wilson Tally Hall 331 August 3, 2006 (2006-08-03) Jaime Pressly, Robbie Coltrane Michael Franti & Spearhead 332 August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04) Carlos Mencia
List of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson episodes
List_of_The_Late_Late_Show_with_Craig_Ferguson_episodes
1995 studio album by John Coltrane
John Coltrane, drawn largely from tapes discovered in 1994 by the artist's wife, Alice Coltrane, who plays the piano on the session. Alice Coltrane is also
Stellar_Regions
2021 studio album by Alice Coltrane
Kirtan: Turiya Sings is an album by Alice Coltrane. It was recorded on June 23, 1981, at Redwing Sound in Los Angeles, California, and was released in
Kirtan:_Turiya_Sings
American actor, musician, artist (1926–2015)
gained recognition for his starring role as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, which originally aired
James_Best
American singer (1958–2009)
and vocal range. Through each music release, his vocal development and changes were positively narrated by music journalists. With Off the Wall in the
Michael_Jackson
2001 live album by John Coltrane
the Impulse! Records-released final live recording of saxophonist John Coltrane, recorded April 23, 1967, at the Olatunji Center of African Culture in
The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording
The_Olatunji_Concert:_The_Last_Live_Recording
1987 British TV drama series
series, transmitted in 1987 and written by John Byrne. It starred Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Maurice Roëves, Richard Wilson and Katy Murphy. It won
Tutti_Frutti_(1987_TV_series)
1969 studio album / Live album by John Coltrane
Featuring My Favorite Things is a posthumous album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1969. The album juxtaposes two tracks ("My Favorite Things"
Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things
Selflessness:_Featuring_My_Favorite_Things
2021 live album by John Coltrane
Supreme: Live in Seattle is a live album by American saxophonist John Coltrane, released on October 22, 2021, through Impulse! Records. It was recorded
A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle
A_Love_Supreme:_Live_in_Seattle
1993 compilation album by John Coltrane
Dear Old Stockholm is a compilation album by jazz musician John Coltrane released by GRP and Impulse! in 1993. The music, which was recorded on April 29
Dear_Old_Stockholm_(album)
1987 studio album by Cal Massey
Blues to Coltrane is an album by trumpeter and composer Cal Massey. Documenting his only session as a leader, and featuring five original compositions
Blues_to_Coltrane
2005 film by Jay Chandrasekhar
outfox crooked Hazzard County Commissioner Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. The film was released on August 5, 2005, by Warner Bros. Pictures. While
The_Dukes_of_Hazzard_(film)
1959 composition by Miles Davis
order from earlier tracks changes, as alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley comes second, followed by tenor saxophonist John Coltrane. Evans, who has been extensively
All_Blues
American jazz saxophonist (1936–1970)
Hilversum Session, show him advancing the improvisational notions of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman into abstract realms where whole timbre, and not just
Albert_Ayler
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
to modern jazz, his enthusiasm for players like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane led his mother to give him a Grafton saxophone in 1961. He was soon receiving
David_Bowie
Sub-genre of jazz
Davis's 1958 composition "Milestones" and 1959 album Kind of Blue, and John Coltrane's quartet from 1960 to 1965. Other performers of modal jazz include Chick
Modal_jazz
Roots reggae band
1980s) Black Slate Lincoln Thompson Wu-Tang Clan (mid-1990s) Steel Pulse Coltrane Black Uhuru Sly & Robbie The Abyssinians Junior Reid "Reggae Reviews. Retrieved
Ooklah_The_Moc
American jazz tuba player
Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane, was recorded at the age of 17 with slight changes in his quintet, including John Coltrane. Imprisoned over his drug
Ray_Draper
2012 British film
Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Ralph Fiennes and Robbie Coltrane. It was distributed by Lionsgate. Nicholls adapted the screenplay after
Great Expectations (2012 film)
Great_Expectations_(2012_film)
American jazz musician (1926–1991)
'Round About Midnight in 1955. It was his first work with saxophonist John Coltrane and bassist Paul Chambers, key members of the sextet he led into the early
Miles_Davis
American jazz trumpeter and composer (1928–1972)
Garrison, McCoy Tyner, and Tootie Heath. On occasion, guests including John Coltrane and Donald Byrd played with Massey's group. According to jazz researcher
Cal_Massey
1954 composition by Sonny Rollins
has been performed by numerous jazz artists such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans. "Oleo" is one of a number of jazz standards to be based
Oleo_(composition)
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
performances are unpredictable as he often alters his arrangements and changes his vocal approach. These variable performances have divided critics. Richard
Bob_Dylan
American singer and actress (1963–2012)
work being done and people not recognizing it." Following Houston's vocal changes in the mid-to-late 1990s, Houston's voice type was sometimes labeled a
Whitney_Houston
Music genre
quartet over the next few months, Coltrane invited Pharoah Sanders to join the band in September 1965. While Coltrane used over-blowing frequently as an
Jazz
1958 studio album by Wilbur Harden and John Coltrane
the last of the three 1958 Savoy recordings made by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden. The album features the two men as leaders, and is Harden's
Tanganyika_Strut
1960 studio album by Jackie McLean
Makin' the Changes is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean. It was recorded in 1957 for Prestige, but not released until 1960 by the subsidiary
Makin'_the_Changes
2005 live album by John Coltrane
26 and May 7 – at the Half Note Club in New York City, featuring John Coltrane with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones. The recordings were
Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up
Live_at_the_Half_Note:_One_Down,_One_Up
Subgenre of jazz music
Brown, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Sonny Clark, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery
Hard_bop
English musician and songwriter (born 1942)
group that Lennon had once led. In his first creative suggestion after this change of leadership, McCartney proposed that the band move forward on their plans
Paul_McCartney
1958 jazz studio album
Wheelin' & Dealin' is an album by Frank Wess, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor released in April 1958 by Prestige
Wheelin' & Dealin' (Prestige Records album)
Wheelin'_&_Dealin'_(Prestige_Records_album)
2007 live album by Miles Davis
for new musicians for his quintet, after splitting with saxophonist John Coltrane in 1960. The new quintet consists of saxophonist George Coleman, pianist
Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
Live_at_the_1963_Monterey_Jazz_Festival
2011 film by David Yates
Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_–_Part_2
2025 music award ceremony
seven each. For the 2025 ceremony, the Recording Academy announced several changes for different categories and updates on eligibility rules. No new categories
67th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
COLTRANE CHANGES
COLTRANE CHANGES
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Frisky; Young Horse
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Colgrave, which appears to be a topographic name from Middle English cole ‘coal’ + grave ‘pit’, ‘grave’ (Old English col + græf), or perhaps a habitational name from a lost place so named.Probably an Americanized form of German Kohlgrube (see Colegrove).
Boy/Male
English
young horse;frisky.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who looked after asses and horses, from Middle English colt ‘young ass’, later also ‘young horse’, ‘colt’ + man.
COLTRANE CHANGES
COLTRANE CHANGES
Boy/Male
Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu, Traditional
Ornament of Family
Female
Polish
Polish form of Old High German Haduwig, JADWIGA means "contending battle."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Chief
Male
English
 English surname of Norman French origin, transferred to forename use, from a place called La Varenne, WARREN means "game-park."Â
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Radha and Krishna
Male
Hindi/Indian
Variant spelling of Hindi Rajendra, RAJINDER means "king-Indra."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Shepherd.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Colorful
Female
English
Latin name DELPHINA means "woman from Delphi," a city in Greece whose name probably means "dolphin."Â
Male
Egyptian
, father of the bride.
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n.
An instrument consisting essentially of a glass tube provided with a graduated scale, for exhibiting to the eye the changes of volume of a gas or gaseous mixture resulting from chemical action, and the like.
a.
Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.
a.
Alt. of Cultrated
a.
Full of, or subject to, changes.
a.
Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.
n.
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
n.
The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.
n.
A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word.
v. i.
To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.
n.
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.
a.
Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes.
n.
A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
n.
An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.
n.
One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc.
a.
Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, unwonted changes.
a.
Colored.
v. i.
To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.
v. i.
To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.