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21Organ-pipe coral — Organ Or gan, n. [L. organum, Gr. ?; akin to ? work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as,… …
22Organ — may refer to the following: Contents 1 Biology and medicine 2 Music 3 Organizations and government 4 Media Biology …
23Organ Stop Pizza — is a restaurant located in Mesa, Arizona. Its primary attraction is as the home of what it claims is the largest Wurlitzer theater organ in the world.[1] Powered by three turbine blowers (with a fourth as a standby) it has more than 5,500 pipes.… …
24organ — [ôr′gən] n. [ME organe < OE organa & OFr organe, both < L organum, tool, implement (in LL(Ec), a church organ) < Gr organon, an implement, engine < ergon,WORK] 1. a) a large wind instrument consisting of various sets of pipes which,… …
25Organ Peak — (66°56′S 67°0′W / 66.933°S 67°W / 66.933; 67) is the northernmost peak of Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. Mapped in 1960 from surveys by Falkland Islands Depende …
26organ — (n.) O.E. organe, and O.Fr. orgene (12c.), both meaning musical instrument, both from L. organa, plural of organum, from Gk. organon implement, musical instrument, organ of the body, lit. that with which one works, from PIE *werg ano , from root… …
27organ — ► NOUN 1) a distinct part of an animal or plant adapted for a particular function, for example the heart or kidneys. 2) a large musical keyboard instrument with rows of pipes supplied with air from bellows. 3) a smaller keyboard instrument… …
28organ — /awr geuhn/, n. 1. Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects. 2. any …
29ORGAN — Antiquity In its conventional form, an organ is basically a set of pipes activated by compressed air, under the control of a keyboard. It is thought to have been invented in Hellenistic Alexandria around the beginning of the second century C.E.,… …
30Organ console — The console of the Wanamaker Organ in the Macy s (formerly Wanamaker s) department store in Philadelphia, featuring six manuals and colour coded stop tabs. The pipe organ is played from an area called the console, which holds the manuals, pedals …
