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  2. Solfège - Wikipedia

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    The movable do system is a fundamental element of the Kodály method used primarily in Hungary, but with a dedicated following worldwide. In the movable do system, each solfège syllable corresponds not to a pitch, but to a scale degree: The first degree of a major scale is always sung as "do", the second as "re", etc. (For minor keys, see below.)

  3. Furniture - Wikipedia

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    The English usage, referring specifically to household objects, is specific to that language; [5] French and other Romance languages as well as German use variants of the word meubles, which derives from Latin mobilia, meaning "moveable goods".

  4. Personal property - Wikipedia

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    Movable property on land (larger livestock, for example) was not automatically sold with the land, it was "personal" to the owner and moved with the owner. The word cattle is the Old Norman variant of Old French chatel , chattel, and today cheptel (derived from Latin capitalis , "of the head"), which was once synonymous with general movable ...

  5. Catafalque - Wikipedia

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    A catafalque is a raised bier, box, or similar platform, often movable, that is used to support the casket, coffin, or body of a dead person during a Christian funeral or memorial service. [1] Following a Roman Catholic Requiem Mass , a catafalque may be used to stand in place of the body at the absolution of the dead or used during Masses of ...

  6. Pulley - Wikipedia

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    A single movable pulley is supported by two parts of the same rope and has a mechanical advantage of two. Compound: A combination of fixed and movable pulleys forms a block and tackle . A block and tackle can have several pulleys mounted on the fixed and moving axles, further increasing the mechanical advantage.

  7. Moveable - Wikipedia

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    Moveable may refer to: A Moveable Feast; Moveable feast; Movable type; Moveable bridge; History of printing in East Asia; See also. Personal property

  8. Movable type - Wikipedia

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    The earliest printed paper money with movable metal type to print the identifying code of the money was made in 1161 during the Song dynasty. [2] In 1193, a book in the Song dynasty documented how to use the copper movable type. [3] The oldest extant book printed with movable metal type, Jikji, was printed in Korea in 1377 during the Goryeo ...

  9. Motility - Wikipedia

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    Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, [2] [3] can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile.