"organum" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and orgue.",
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          "name": "Music",
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      "glosses": [
        "A type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong."
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        "(music) A type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong."
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        "music"
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          "sense": "type of medieval polyphony",
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            "feminine"
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        }
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          "ref": "1794, George Adams, Lectures on natural and experimental philosophy",
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          "ref": "1823, Thomas Wirgman, An Entirely New, Complete and Permanent Science of Philosophy",
          "text": "Another important circumstance respecting our transcendental esthetics is, that it does not insinuate itself merely as a plausible hypothesis, but is as certain and indubitable as we can require any theory to be in order to serve as an organum.",
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        "A method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted."
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        "(archaic) A method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔː.ɡə.nəm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔɹ.ɡə.nəm/",
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