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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:

Continuo \Con*ti"nu*o\ (? or ?), n. [It.] (Mus.) Basso continuo, or continued bass. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

continuo 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]