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twelve pitch
twelve pitch
Twelve Tables

twelve n

1 the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and two., See also → number → 1

2 a numeral, 12, XII, etc., representing this number

3 something represented by, representing, or consisting of 12 units

4 (Also called) twelve oclock noon or midnight determiner

a amounting to twelve
twelve loaves

b (as pronoun)
twelve have arrived (Related adj) → duodecimal Related prefix → dodeca-
See also → dozen (Old English twelf; related to Old Frisian twelif, Old High German zwelif, Old Norse tolf, Gothic twalif)

twelve-inch n
a gramophone record 12 inches in diameter and played at 45 revolutions per minute, usually containing an extended remix of a single

twelve-mile limit n
the offshore boundary 12 miles from the coast claimed by some states as marking the extent of their territorial jurisdiction

twelve pitch n another name for → elite → 2

Twelve Tables pl n
the. the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451--450 b.c.

twelve-tone adj
of, relating to, or denoting the type of serial music invented and developed by Arnold Schoenberg, which uses as musical material a tone row formed by the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, together with its inverted and retrograde versions. The technique has been applied in various ways by different composers and usually results in music in which there are few, if any, tonal centres
See → serialism

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