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Phenomenon regarding memory of musical keys
The Levitin effect is a phenomenon whereby people, even those without musical training, tend to remember songs in the correct key. The finding stands in
Levitin_effect
American psychologist (born 1957)
Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC (born December 27, 1957) is an American-Canadian polymath, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record
Daniel_Levitin
Ability to identify musical notes by ear without reference
non-possessors on recognition of musical intervals. Amusia Ear training Levitin effect List of people with absolute pitch Discrimination Tonal memory Deutsch
Absolute_pitch
Quality of a song that refers to ease of remembrance
where the listener cannot get the song out of his head." Music portal Levitin effect Music psychology Rhythm Timing (music) "Earworm". Dictionary (definition)
Catchiness
Branch of both psychology and musicology
books have helped bring the field into public discussion, notably Daniel Levitin's This Is Your Brain On Music (2006) and The World in Six Songs (2008),
Psychology_of_music
Rating scale measuring emotions elicited by music
Franssen effect Generative theory of tonal music Glissando illusion Hedonic music consumption model Illusory continuity of tones Levitin effect Lipps–Meyer
Geneva_Emotional_Music_Scale
Franssen effect Generative theory of tonal music Glissando illusion Hedonic music consumption model Illusory continuity of tones Levitin effect Lipps–Meyer
David_Huron
Musical ability
suggests independence of episodic and semantic musical memory. The Levitin effect demonstrates accurate semantic memory for musical pitch and tempo among
Music-related_memory
Electronic device that alters audio
(2006). The Bass Handbook. Hal Leonard. pp. 91–92. ISBN 9780879308728. Levitin, Dan (1992). From Demo Tape to Record Deal: Handy Guide. Alfred Music.
Effects_unit
processing of semantically unrelated words like carpet. This effect is known as the semantic priming effect; it refers to the highly consistent processing advantage
Musical_semantics
2008 book by Daniel J. Levitin
science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, first published by Dutton Penguin in the U.S. and Canada in 2008. It was
The_World_in_Six_Songs
Music or saying that sticks in the mind
the phenomenon include Theodor Reik, Sean Bennett, Oliver Sacks, Daniel Levitin, James Kellaris, Philip Beaman, Vicky Williamson, Diana Deutsch, and, in
Earworm
Classification of music by tradition or style
2023. Retrieved March 27, 2019. Rentfrow, Peter J.; Goldberg, Lewis R.; Levitin, Daniel J. (2011). "The structure of musical preferences: A five-factor
Music_genre
Interference pattern between signals of similar frequency
interference that generates new frequencies. Music and sleep Voix céleste Levitin, Daniel J. (2006). This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human
Beat_(acoustics)
Canadian-American psycholinguist (born 1954)
biological cause and effect is concerned, music is useless".[citation needed] This argument has been rejected by Daniel Levitin and Joseph Carroll, experts
Steven_Pinker
1981 single by The Police
distinctively complex, with music producer and cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin writing that it "takes this rhythmic play to such an extreme that it can
Spirits_in_the_Material_World
Vibration that travels via pressure waves in matter
pp. 351–390. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-2314-0_13. ISBN 978-1-4614-2313-3. Levitin, D.J. (1999). Memory for musical attributes. In P.R. Cook (Ed.), Music
Sound
Branch of cognitive science
and others. Levitin, D. (2007). This is your brain on music. New York: Plume. —Recording engineer turned music psychologist Daniel Levitin talks about
Cognitive_musicology
Myth in which a great flood destroys civilization
Trust. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-07-15. Levitin D (4 September 2013). "Halley and the eternity of the world revisited"
Flood_myth
American popular science television series
Keegan-Michael Key, would premiere on January 20, 2020; neuroscientist Daniel Levitin was brought in as a script consultant for the season to ensure accuracy
Brain_Games_(2011_TV_series)
Fee paid between banks for card-based transactions
of issuers and acquirers to bank networks. Research by Professor Adam Levitin of Georgetown University Law Center, however, indicates that interchange
Interchange_fee
Russian billionaire businessman (born 1951)
Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation from May 2004 to 2012, Igor Levitin ensured in 2010 that Arkady Rotenberg's firms, Mostotrest, constructed
Arkady_Rotenberg
Medication
1521-0391.2010.00107.x. PMC 3895092. PMID 21314752. Mallik A, Chanda ML, Levitin DJ (February 2017). "Anhedonia to music and mu-opioids: Evidence from the
Naltrexone
1177/0305735610388897. S2CID 54736250. Rentfrow, Peter J.; Goldberg, Lewis R.; Levitin, Daniel J. (June 2011). "The Structure of Musical Preferences: A Five-Factor
Psychology of music preference
Psychology_of_music_preference
Scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by a whole tone
Oxford University Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780199718702. Rentfrow, Peter J.; Levitin, Daniel J. (2019). Foundations in music psychology: theory and research
Whole-tone_scale
Upper limit on entropy in physics
explained by dumping localized negative energy into a black hole. Margolus–Levitin theorem Landauer's principle Bremermann's limit Kolmogorov complexity Beyond
Bekenstein_bound
Perceptual property in music ordering sounds from low to high
Handbook of Speech Processing. Springer. p. 65. ISBN 978-3-540-49125-5. Levitin, Daniel (2007). This Is Your Brain on Music. New York: Penguin Group. p
Pitch_(music)
Drugs that lower neurotransmission levels, reducing brain activity
StatPearls Publishing, PMID 31855381 Mallik, Adiel; Chanda, Mona Lisa; Levitin, Daniel J. (8 February 2017). "Anhedonia to music and mu-opioids: Evidence
Depressant
Sudden increase in magnetization
1817–1824. Bibcode:1962PMag....7.1817W. doi:10.1080/14786436208213848. Levitin, R. Z.; Markosyan, A. S. (1988). "Зонный метамагнетизм". Usp. Fiz. Nauk
Metamagnetism
1937 symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich
Sollertinsky & Sollertinsky 1980, pp. 82–83. Basner, Veniamin; Karayev, Kara; Levitin, Yuri; Khachaturian, Karen; Tishchenko, Boris; Weinberg, Mieczysław (2005)
Symphony_No._5_(Shostakovich)
US anti-drug campaign
Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (2006) by Daniel Levitin is a nod to the PSA. A 2011 CBS Cares PSA parodied this in talking about
This_Is_Your_Brain_on_Drugs
Investment security issuing business
6, Part B.2.a.(i). Peaslee & Nirenberg at Chapter 6, Part B.2.a.(iii). Levitin, Adam; Tromey, Tara (2011). "Mortgage Servicing, Georgetown Public Law
Real estate mortgage investment conduit
Real_estate_mortgage_investment_conduit
Act of producing musical sounds with the voice
that these two processes are very much alike, and yet also different. Levitin describes how, beginning with the eardrum, sound waves are translated into
Singing
Chemical element with atomic number 17 (Cl)
79 (10): 1296–99. doi:10.1097/00007611-198610000-00025. PMID 3764530. Levitin, H; Branscome, W; Epstein, FH (December 1958). "The pathogenesis of hypochloremia
Chlorine
Analysis of facts to form a judgment
Reflection and Expression, New York: Automatic Press / VIP. ISBN 87-991013-7-8 Levitin, Daniel (2017). A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics. Viking. ISBN 978-0241239995
Critical_thinking
Synthesis of audio using a digital waveguide
applied-acoustics.com/string-studio-vs-3/%7Ctitle=String Studio VS3| Daniel Levitin (7 May 1994). "Yamaha VL-1 revolutionizes synthesizer technology". Billboard
Digital_waveguide_synthesis
Banking association of the United States
Emergency Loans: Liquidity for Banks". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2016-09-20. Adam Levitin, "Cuomo v. The Clearing House Association: OCC Loses Even with Chevron
The_Clearing_House
Phenomenon resulting from the superposition of two waves
15c3018B. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033018. ISSN 1367-2630. S2CID 832961. Levitin, Daniel J. (2006). This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human
Wave_interference
2005, p. 18. Levitin & Tirovolas 2009, pp. 212–213. Pinker 1997, p. 529. Pinker 1997, p. 528. Cross 2003, p. 49. Trehub 2003, p. 3. Levitin & Tirovolas
History_of_music
1974 studio album by Steely Dan
Canyon. He tilted the photo paper while developing to create the elongated effect. Pretzel Logic was released by ABC Records on February 20, 1974, and sold
Pretzel_Logic
1973 studio album by Steely Dan
for the group's long-term success." Billboard complimented the "studio effect" of the dual guitar playing and found the "grandiloquent vocal blend" catchy
Countdown_to_Ecstasy
American software company
Bloom Laptop Show Future of Smart Green Design at Autodesk (Treehugger)". Levitin, Michael (June 17, 2011). "Autodesk crunches numbers for green designs
Autodesk
Population transfer during and after World War II
largest movement of European people in modern history" Google.de Michael Levitin, Germany provokes anger over museum to refugees who fled Poland during
Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)
Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944–1950)
Medical condition
23–32. doi:10.1542/peds.20.1.23. ISSN 0031-4005. Epstein, Franklin H.; Levitin, Howard; Glaser, Gilbert; Lavietes, Paul (1961-09-14). "Cerebral Hyponatremia"
Cerebral salt-wasting syndrome
Cerebral_salt-wasting_syndrome
American scientist and author (born 1971)
2020 Unartificial Intelligence, Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec 2020 Levitin, Daniel J. (September 4, 2020). "Livewired Book Review". The Wall Street
David_Eagleman
Heat- and wear-resistant metals
Refractory Metals. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0162-4. Levitin, Valim (2006). High Temperature Strain of Metals and Alloys: Physical Fundamentals
Refractory_metals
Alloy with higher durability than normal metals
promises higher turbine efficiency". New Atlas. Retrieved 12 February 2023. Levitin, Valim (2006). High Temperature Strain of Metals and Alloys: Physical Fundamentals
Superalloy
Cognitive psychologist
Evolutionary music cognition: Cross-species studies. In: P. J. Rentfrow & D. Levitin (Eds.) Foundations in Music Psychology: Theory and Research. (459–501)
Aniruddh_D._Patel
Ballgame on ice
Youth policy Vitaly Mutko and presidential adviser Igor Levitin. The month after, Igor Levitin held a follow-up meeting. The men's Russian professional
Bandy
Subsystem of the immune system
250–56. doi:10.1038/icb.2009.115. PMC 3589820. PMID 20065995. Szabo PA, Levitin HM, Miron M, Snyder ME, Senda T, Yuan J, et al. (October 2019). "Single-cell
Adaptive_immune_system
American electrical engineer, scientist, and author
This Is Your Brain On Music, written by Pierce's former student Daniel Levitin. The papers of John R. Pierce are at the Huntington Library in San Marino
John_R._Pierce
Edmund Singer, 1894) Ana Leira Carnero Adagio for Solo Violin (2022) Yury Levitin Variations on a Theme by Glinka (collaborative work – 11 Variations by
List_of_solo_violin_pieces
Soviet Anti-Religious Policies, St Martin's Press, New York (1987) pg 63 Levitin-Krasnov, Likhie gody (Paris: YMCA Press, 1977) p. 256. Alexander N. Yakovlev
Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union
Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Soviet_Union
American psychologist, neuroscientist
included Peter J. Rentfrow at Cambridge University and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin at McGill University. The AVD model was replicated in 2017, 2018, 2019
David_M._Greenberg
American psychologist (1929–2022)
Cosmides, Rob Fish, Jennifer Freyd, George Furnas, Carol L. Krumhansl, Daniel Levitin, Michael McBeath, and Geoffrey Miller. In 1997, Shepard was one of the
Roger_Shepard
City in California, United States
player (Detroit Pistons) - Originally from Boston, Massachusetts Daniel Levitin (born 1957) – Best-selling author, neuroscientist, musician (born in San
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Palos_Verdes_Estates,_California
Optical technique for monitoring brain activity
110817. ISSN 0361-9230. PMID 37989460. Saliba, Joe; Bortfeld, Heather; Levitin, Daniel J.; Oghalai, John S. (August 2016). "Functional near-infrared spectroscopy
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy
Functional_near-infrared_spectroscopy
Market value of a homeowner's unencumbered interest in their real property
inclusive, resilient and innovative". OECD. 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2025-04-26. Levitin, Adam J. (2023). "Report on the institutional and regulatory differences
Home_equity
Marcos", quien se "graduó" en "Punto Cero" a principio de los años 80." Levitin, Michael (November 4, 2007). "La Stasi entrenó a la Seguridad cubana".
Human_rights_in_Cuba
Type of formal instruction in music
Achievement – What the Evidence Shows, 2000) However recent findings by Dr. Levitin of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, undermines the suggested connection
Music_lesson
Impact and appraisal of Dutch humanist
University Press: 241–258. doi:10.2307/2540661. JSTOR 2540661. S2CID 166213471. Levitin, Dmitri (31 March 2022). The Kingdom of Darkness: Bayle, Newton, and the
Legacy and evaluations of Erasmus
Legacy_and_evaluations_of_Erasmus
zombie outbreak after World War III. Novel 2005 War The Goodness Gene Sonia Levitin Children's book Novel 2005 War Metro 2033 Dmitry Glukhovsky Set in the
List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
List_of_apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction
Levi-Montalcini 1909–2012 Italy Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1986. Daniel Levitin 1957– United States - Canada Marc Lewis 1951– Canada John C. Lilly 1915–2001
List_of_neuroscientists
Loudspeaker for low-pitched audio frequencies
the 1970s and 1980s by engineer John P. D'Arcy; record producer Daniel Levitin served as a consultant and "golden ears" for the design of the crossover
Subwoofer
Examines sequence information from individual cells
of Oncology. 20 (1): 27–33. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn544. PMID 18695026. Levitin HM, Yuan J, Sims PA (April 2018). "Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis
Single-cell_sequencing
Polish and Soviet composer (1919–1996)
some of Weinberg's scores. Another member of the conservatory staff, Yuri Levitin, a former Shostakovich pupil, also befriended Weinberg in Tashkent. It
Mieczysław_Weinberg
Extra fee charged by a merchant when receiving a non-cash payment
Economics, Regulation and Enforcement" (PDF). RBA. Retrieved 18 October 2020. Levitin, Adam (2005). "The Antitrust Super Bowl: America's Payment System, No-Surcharge
Surcharge_(payment_systems)
Study of directing and maintaining human attention
May 13, 2017. https://www.economist.com/news/2009/03/20/herbert-simon Levitin, Daniel J. (2015-09-23). "Why It's So Hard To Pay Attention, Explained
Attention_management
1992 single by Lindsey Buckingham
He'll Ever Rejoin Fleetwood Mac". Stereogum. Retrieved October 9, 2023. Levitin, Dan (August 1992). "Lindsey Buckingham: Return of the Soul Lifter" (PDF)
Wrong (Lindsey Buckingham song)
Wrong_(Lindsey_Buckingham_song)
bishop, missionary, and professor at Trinity School for Ministry Daniel Levitin – cognitive psychologist Pericles Lewis (BA 1990) – founding President
List of McGill University people
List_of_McGill_University_people
American psychologist (born 1936)
The method assumes that the effect of each mental operation is additive and that it is possible to isolate the effect of a single mental operation by
Michael_Posner_(psychologist)
former Institute Professor at MIT, developed Levinson recursion Daniel Levitin – neuroscientist, music producer, author of This Is Your Brain on Music
List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
List_of_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_alumni
Opponents of Soviet ideology
Voinovich". The Atlantic. Horvath, Robert (November 2007). ""The Solzhenitsyn effect": East European dissidents and the demise of the revolutionary privilege"
Soviet_dissidents
Marcos", quien se "graduó" en "Punto Cero" a principio de los años 80." Levitin, Michael (4 November 2007). La Stasi entrenó a la Seguridad cubana. Nuevo
History_of_Cuba
2011–2012 protests against socioeconomic inequality
inequality". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 March 2012. (registration required) Levitin, Michael (10 June 2015). "The Triumph of Occupy Wall Street". The Atlantic
Occupy_movement
Beck, 1999, p. 169; ISBN 3-406-44554-3; accessed 26 May 2015. Michael Levitin, Germany provokes anger over museum to refugees who fled Poland during
Demographic estimates of the flight and expulsion of Germans
Demographic_estimates_of_the_flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans
development of low-loss, high reliability optical fiber and cables 1994 Lev Levitin For contributions to physical information theory and quantum communication
List of fellows of IEEE Communications Society
List_of_fellows_of_IEEE_Communications_Society
Campaign by Nikita Khrushchev
theologians of the True Orthodox Church were called "malignant", and Anatoly Levitin-Krasnov, historian and dissident who spoke out against the persecution
USSR anti-religious campaign (1958–1964)
USSR_anti-religious_campaign_(1958–1964)
Russian artist and painter (1879–1935)
lecture on Suprematism he had delivered during his visit had a lasting effect on Polish modernism. At the end of March 1927, Malevich and Tadeusz Peiper
Kazimir_Malevich
South African actor and vocalist
Australia. Musicae Scientiae, 15(3), pp402-422. Mona Lisa Chanda and Daniel J. Levitin, The neurochemistry of music (A meta study). Department of Psychology,
Roy_Hart_(performer)
Glycoproteins found in plant cell walls
1080/15592324.2016.1209616. ISSN 1559-2324. PMC 5022411. PMID 27413888. Levitin, Bella; Richter, Dganit; Markovich, Inbal; Zik, Moriyah (November 2008)
Arabinogalactan_protein
exports to Estonian ports. In July Russian Minister of Transport Igor Levitin announced that Russia was planning to stop all oil transit through Estonian
Estonia–Russia_relations
2006 aviation accident in Russia
before flying from Moscow to Irkutsk, Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin was quoted as saying the runway was wet after rain and that a technical
S7_Airlines_Flight_778
Musical form
Vissarion Shebalin, Andrei Eshpai, Rodion Shchedrin, Georgy Sviridov, Yuri Levitin, Dmitri Shostakovich and Dmitry Kabalevsky, Variations on a Theme of Zoltán
Variation_(music)
Campaign of anti-religious persecution
Contemporary History of Russian Orthodoxy, Westview Press, 2003, 4 A. Levitin-Krasnov, Likhie gody, 1925-1941 (Paris: YMCA Press, 1977) pp 255-9 Sabrina
USSR anti-religious campaign (1921–1928)
USSR_anti-religious_campaign_(1921–1928)
American chemist
1021/jp981048q. ISSN 1520-6106. Licht, S; Levitin, G; Tel-Vered, R; Yarnitzky, C (2000-05-01). "The effect of water on the anodic dissolution of aluminum
Stuart_Licht
Mortgage Regulation Under Dodd–Frank. West. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-314-93736-0. Levitin AJ. (2012). Rising Regulatory Compliance Costs and Their Impact on the
Provisions of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Provisions_of_the_Dodd–Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act
Fine art of Soviet Russian city
Mikhail Anikushin, Nikolai Kochukov, Iya Venkova, Evgenia Antipova, Anatoli Levitin, Yuri Tulin, Dmitry Buchkin, Vladimir Chekalov, Marina Kozlovskaya, Elena
Fine_art_of_Leningrad
Multimodal learning method
including Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks, This Is Your Brain On Music by Daniel Levitin, and Music, Language, and the Brain by Aniruddh D. Patel. An earworm is
Melodic_learning
Annual literary prize
Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius Daniel J. Levitin This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession 2007 Douglas
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology
Los_Angeles_Times_Book_Prize_for_Science_and_Technology
Annual event in Washington, D.C.
www.america.gov The Smithsonian Associates National Air and Space Museum "Photos From The Smithsonian Kite Festival", Rachel Levitin, March 27, 2010
Blossom_Kite_Festival
Murnane Margaret Wertheim Margherita Hack Marginal stability Margolus–Levitin theorem Marguerite Perey Maria Ardinghelli Maria Goeppert-Mayer Maria Spiropulu
Index_of_physics_articles_(M)
Russian artist (1922–2009)
Yaroslav Krestovsky, Valeria Larina, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Anatoli Levitin, Oleg Lomakin, Gavriil Malish, Boris Maluev, Evsey Moiseenko, Nikolai Mukho
Irina_Baldina
American physician, medical school professor and researcher
doi:10.1056/NEJM195703212561206. PMID 13419041. MacDonald, Richard A.; Levitin, Howard; Mallory, G. Kenneth; Kass, Edward H.; Norton, Joanne C. (1957)
Edward_H._Kass
LEVITIN EFFECT
LEVITIN EFFECT
Girl/Female
Gaelic
Happy.
Girl/Female
Spanish English
Derived from the Roman given name Levinia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Leavitt.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Levit.
Boy/Male
English
name Letitia. 'Joyful;happy.
Male
French
French form of Latin Cælestinus, CÉLESTIN means "heavenly."
Boy/Male
Indian
Light
Girl/Female
Latin
Lioness.
Girl/Female
English
name Letitia. Joyful;happy.
Girl/Female
Spanish American Latin English
Happy.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English
Joyful; Happy; Modern Form of Medieval Name Letitia
Girl/Female
English American
name Letitia. Joyful;happy.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
Joy; Joyful; Happy; Happiness; Gladness; Delight
Girl/Female
English
name Letitia. Joyful;happy.
Female
English
English form of Latin Lætitia, LETITIA means "happiness."
Girl/Female
Spanish American
Derived from the Roman given name Levinia.
Boy/Male
British, Celtic, English, German, Hebrew, Swedish
Attached; Combined
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from German Levit ‘Levite’ (see Levy).English : variant spelling of Leavitt.
Girl/Female
English
name Letitia. Joyful;happy.
Girl/Female
Spanish English
Derived from the Roman given name Levinia.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Latin
Joy
LEVITIN EFFECT
LEVITIN EFFECT
Boy/Male
English
From the Old English Goldwine, meaning golden friend.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Wife
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Name of Lord Shanmukha; God Murugan
Boy/Male
Muslim
Electricity
Biblical
joy; noise; clamor
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Gem
Boy/Male
Hindu
Female
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Greek Aikaterine, KATRINE means "pure." Compare with another form of Katrine.
Girl/Female
Spanish Celtic
White.
LEVITIN EFFECT
LEVITIN EFFECT
LEVITIN EFFECT
LEVITIN EFFECT
LEVITIN EFFECT
adv.
After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.
n. pl.
Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.
a.
Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.
n.
Unsteadiness; levity; lightness.
n.
One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc.
n.
A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose.
a.
Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
n.
Lightning.
n.
To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
adv.
Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
n.
The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
a.
The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.
n.
The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.
n.
Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
n.
A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.
n.
A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
a.
Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
n.
Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
n.
A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.
n.
Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.