multimovement

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

multi- +‎ movement

Adjective[edit]

multimovement (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to more than one physical movement.
  2. (music) Divided into several movements.
    • 2009 February 3, Steve Smith, “Pomp and Mendelssohn With Fluid Pedal Work”, in New York Times[1]:
      Asked to write a set of voluntaries, Mendelssohn — who admitted in an 1844 letter to Coventry that he did not understand what the term meant — fashioned a series of small pieces, then arranged them into multimovement works for publication in 1845.