CODAS

8
Scrabble
9
WWF
C(3) O(1) D(2) A(1) S(1)
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Definition

noun
  1. A person born hearing to deaf parents.
noun
  1. A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
  2. The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
    “The word β€œsalts” has three consonants β€” /l/, /t/, and /s/ β€” in its coda, whereas the word β€œglee” has no coda at all.”
  3. In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
  4. A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.

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