Organ

['ɔːg(ə)n] or ['ɔrɡən]

Definition

(noun.) wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard.

(noun.) a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.

(noun.) a periodical that is published by a special interest group; 'the organ of the communist party'.

(noun.) a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; 'The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department'.

Typed by Anatole--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

(n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

(n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

(n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.

(n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.

(v. t.) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Edited by Elise

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Instrument, means, medium.

Checker: Sherman

Definition

n. an instrument or means by which anything is done: a part of a body fitted for carrying on a natural or vital operation: a means of communication or of conveying information or opinions from one to another of two parties as an ambassador a newspaper &c.: a musical wind instrument consisting of a collection of pipes made to sound by means of compressed air from bellows and played upon by means of keys: a system of pipes in such an organ having an individual keyboard a partial organ: a musical instrument having some mechanism resembling the pipe-organ as the barrel-organ &c.—ns. Or′gan-build′er one who constructs organs; Or′gan-grind′er a fellow who plays a hand-organ by a crank; Or′gan-harmō′nium a large harmonium used instead of a pipe-organ.—adjs. Organ′ic -al pertaining to an organ: organised: instrumental.—adv. Organ′ically.—n. Organ′icalness.—v.t. Organ′ify to add organic matter to.—n. Organisabil′ity.—adj. Organis′able that may be organised.—n. Organisā′tion the act of organising: the state of being organised.—v.t. Or′ganīse to supply with organs: to form several parts into an organised whole to arrange.—ns. Or′ganīser; Or′ganism organic structure or a body exhibiting such: a living being animal or vegetable.—adj. Or′ganismal.—ns. Or′ganist one who plays on an organ; Or′gan-loft the loft where an organ stands; Organog′eny Organogen′esis history of the development of living organs; Organog′raphy a description of the organs of plants or animals; Organol′ogy the study of structure and function; Or′gan-pipe one of the sounding pipes of a pipe-organ (flue-pipes and reed-pipes); Or′gan-point a note sustained through a series of chords although only in harmony with the first and last; Or′ganry the music of the organ; Or′gan-screen an ornamental stone or wood screen on which a secondary organ is sometimes placed in cathedrals; Orguinette′ a mechanical musical instrument with reeds and exhaust-bellows.—Organic chemistry the chemistry of substances of animal or vegetable origin prior to 1828 supposed to be capable of formation only as products of vital processes: the chemistry of the compounds of carbon; Organic disease a disease accompanied by changes in the structures involved; Organic remains fossil remains of a plant or animal.—Hydraulic organ one whose bellows is operated by a hydraulic motor.

Typist: Loretta

Unserious Contents or Definition

To hear the pealing forth of an organ in grand anthems, signifies lasting friendships and well-grounded fortune. To see an organ in a church, denotes despairing separation of families, and death, perhaps, for some of them. If you dream of rendering harmonious music on an organ, you will be fortunate in the way to worldly comfort, and much social distinction will be given you. To hear doleful singing and organ accompaniment, denotes you are nearing a wearisome task, and probable loss of friends or position.

Editor: Murdoch

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