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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played;
[syn: figured bass, basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Figured \Fig"ured\, a. 1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin. [1913 Webster] 2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3. (b) Indicated or noted by figures. [1913 Webster] Figured bass. See Continued bass, under Continued. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

figured bass n 1: a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played [syn: figured bass, basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass]