Complete Definition of "gamut"

English
Etymology
gamma + ut

Noun
gamut
#A (normally) complete range.
#*"She delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B." -- Review of Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway play "The Lake".
#music All the notes in the musical scale.
#All the colours available to a device such as a monitor or printer.

Translations
;complete range
French: gamme f, palette f
German: Skala f
;all the notes in the musical scale
French: gamme f
German: Tonskala f, Tonleiter f
;all the colours available to a device
French: gamme f, palette f
German: Farbpalette f, Farbskala f, Gamut m

Translations to be checked
Chinese: ��
Dutch: toonladder f
Greek: κλίμακα f
Ido : gamo, kolor-serio
Italian: gamma f
Japanese: ��
Korean: ��
Spanish: gama f
Türkçe: kapsam f

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