round, in music, a perpetual canon canon, in music, a type of counterpoint employing the strictest form of imitation. All the voices of a canon have the same melody, beginning at different times. Successive entrances may be at the same or at different pitches.
..... Click the link for more information. on a tune that returns to its beginning in which all the voices enter at the unison or the octave. An example is Sumer Is Icumen In Sumer Is Icumen In [M.E.,=summer has (literally: is) come in], an English rota or round composed c.1250. It is the earliest extant example of canon, of six part music, and of ground bass.
..... Click the link for more information. . Rounds were popular in 17th-century England when the catch reached its height. The catch was originally just a simple round, e.g., Three Blind Mice, written in a single line with the effect gained by having another singer come in ("make the catch") at the right time. Later, comic effects, often quite bawdy, were added, using the interweaving of the parts. The Rounds, Catches and Canons of England (1864) by E. F. Rimbault is a comprehensive collection. The term round was also used to designate a dance performed in a circle and, by extension, to the tunes for such dances.
round
round [rau̇nd]
..... Click the link for more information. on a tune that returns to its beginning in which all the voices enter at the unison or the octave. An example is Sumer Is Icumen In Sumer Is Icumen In [M.E.,=summer has (literally: is) come in], an English rota or round composed c.1250. It is the earliest extant example of canon, of six part music, and of ground bass.
..... Click the link for more information. . Rounds were popular in 17th-century England when the catch reached its height. The catch was originally just a simple round, e.g., Three Blind Mice, written in a single line with the effect gained by having another singer come in ("make the catch") at the right time. Later, comic effects, often quite bawdy, were added, using the interweaving of the parts. The Rounds, Catches and Canons of England (1864) by E. F. Rimbault is a comprehensive collection. The term round was also used to designate a dance performed in a circle and, by extension, to the tunes for such dances.
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To eliminate rightmost digits in a number when absolute precision is not required or used. One of the most common uses of rounding is with dollar amounts, which can result in more than two decimal places after a division. Following are four of many rounding methods:
Round Half Up 3.455 -> 3.46
3.454 -> 3.45
Round Half Down 3.455 -> 3.45
3.456 -> 3.46
Round Up 3.456 -> 3.46
3.453 -> 3.46
Round Down 3.458 -> 3.45
3.453 -> 3.45
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round
1. Maths
a. forming or expressed by an integer or whole number, with no fraction
b. expressed to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand
2. in the round Theatre with the audience all round the stage
3. a playing of all the holes on a golf course
4. Archery a specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance
5. Music a part song in which the voices follow each other at equal intervals at the same pitch
6. a sequence of bells rung in order of treble to tenor
7. a dance in which the dancers move in a circle
round [rau̇nd]
(engineering)
A series of shots fired either simultaneously or with delay periods between them.
(navigation)
To pass and alter direction of travel, as a vessel rounds a cape.
(ordnance)
A single munition, missile, or device to be loaded on or in a delivery platform, vehicle, or device for purposes of expenditure; the configuration of the round may vary.
round
1. A wood plane for cutting grooves.
2.See round molding.
3. A cylindrical metal rod.
round molding, round
A fairly large molding, the section of which is circular (or nearly circular) and convex.
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