Definition of imitation

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Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..

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Conditional :: Conditional (n.) A limitation.
Locality :: Locality (n.) Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial..
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc..
Apishly :: Apishly (adv.) In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
Imitancy :: Imitancy (n.) Tendency to imitation.
Prefinition :: Prefinition (n.) Previous limitation.
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A limited time within or during which something is to be done.
Kindergarten :: Kindergarten (n.) A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden..
Bafta :: Bafta (n.) A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export..
Transcript :: Transcript (n.) A copy of any kind; an imitation.
Mimical :: Mimical (a.) Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures..
Precise :: Precise (a.) Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality..
Imitational :: Imitational (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities..
Term :: Term (n.) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years..
South Southerly :: South southerly () the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old..
Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch..
Scagliola :: Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished..
Illimitation :: Illimitation (n.) State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation..
Embronze :: Embronze (v. t.) To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t..
Grotto-work :: Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.
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