HIDDEN FIFTHS
\hˈɪdən fˈɪfθs], \hˈɪdən fˈɪfθs], \h_ˈɪ_d_ə_n f_ˈɪ_f_θ_s]\
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(Music.) A sequence like in character to consecutive fifths, octaves, and giving to the ear almost the impression that they have been actually played, when they have not. (For a full explanation, see examples given in theoretical works on music.)
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).