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aeolian🔊

Of, or relating to the wind.

(geology) Carried, deposited or eroded by the wind.

(music) Designating the Aeolian mode or scale; the name of the minor key in modal theory.

💬 Quotations
And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]

A lightweight fabric with a ribbed surface, generally made by combining silk and cotton, or silk and worsted warp and weft.

📑 Synonyms: eolienne