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Meaning of claviatura | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[kɫaː.wi.aːˈtuː.ra]

Definitions

  1. keyboard
    New-Latin, declension-1
  2. Equivalent to 'keyboard': A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.

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Examples

“Informatoris (utpote cui vel Organi vel Inſtrumenti cujuslibet alterius Claviatura, hujusq́ue Con- & Diſſonantiæ exquiſitiſſimè notæ eſſe debent)”

[…] according to this instructor (inasmuch as either the organ or any other instrument with a keyboard might not render the exact dissonances and consonances that are notated)

“Quod ſi verò c parvum ſonate putes, uſque ad d ſuperiùs ſupra claviaturæ Organicæ metam ſe extendet.”

If indeed you think that C is a small sound, it will extend up to D above the top of the organic keyboard.

“Organiſta debet à teneris ungviculis aſveſieri, qua manu, quô digitô, aut digitorum ordine percurrere debeat claviaturam:[…]”

The organist must be accustomed to the delicate fingernails, with which hand, with which finger, or with which order of fingers he should traverse the keyboard: […]

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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