Pent

Definitions

1. Confinement; concealment.
2. A Pentium microprocessor or computer.
3. A pentatonic scale.
   informal
4. A pentacle or pentagram.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“There was a catch⟳ in my voice, thick as it was with the pent of unshed tears; had I let⟳ them flow⟳ they would have⟳ come⟳ out forty per cent proof.”

“The major pent is the same minor pent pattern only shifted down 3 frets toward the nut. Like⟳ John B told me for Sunshine of your love⟳. Play⟳ Bm and then Dm pent and it will sound⟳ good. He also pointed out that Bm pent includes the same exact notes as DM pent. So the idea is if the song is in D, try⟳ both minor and major pents and see⟳ how it works.”

“[> What symbols mean⟳ the most to you? For instance, what do you wear⟳ around your neck and why?] Usually, a triquetra, although I have⟳ ankhs, pents and a spell-bottle on amber beads which I wear⟳ if I find⟳ it necessary to be *really* annoying :)”

“I have⟳ encountered this problem on several computers from 486's to Pents. The only thing I have⟳ found to fix⟳ it is make⟳ sure the CD-Rom cache is set⟳ fairly high in the cdrom setup of win⟳ 95, and make⟳ sure to eliminate ALL unnecessary 16-bit drivers in your autoexec.bat and config.sys.”

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