"pyknon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pyknons [plural], pykna [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek πυκνόν (puknón), form of Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense, compressed”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|πυκνόν}} Ancient Greek πυκνόν (puknón), {{der|en|grc|πυκνός||dense, compressed}} Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense, compressed”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|pykna}} pyknon (plural pyknons or pykna)
  1. (music) The lower part of a tetrachord in Ancient Greek music, consisting of a composite interval (two successive intervals) that is less than the remaining (incomposite) interval. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-pyknon-en-noun-2b4T9FE- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 8 24 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. Condensation, density.
    Sense id: en-pyknon-en-noun-5cyPWArT
  3. (biology) A nonrandom pattern of repeated elements, which are found more frequently in the 3′ untranslated regions of genes than in other regions of the human genome. Although it is unclear how pyknons might have arisen, it is possible that they may be involved in a new form of gene regulation. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-pyknon-en-noun-wBtx29N2 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pycnon Related terms: pyknic, chromatic [music, entertainment, lifestyle], diatonic [music, entertainment, lifestyle], enharmonic [music, entertainment, lifestyle], genus [music, entertainment, lifestyle]

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