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baton
has definitions from the field of music
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[ noun ] (music) a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra
Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)It got the kind of scrambled , coarsened performance that can happen to best of orchestras when the man with the baton lacks technique and style . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)On the basis of what they give us we can know how the young Caruso sang , appreciate the distinctive qualities of Parsifal under Karl_Muck 's baton , or sense the type of ensemble Toscanini created in his years with the New_York_Philharmonic . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Above , the glowing ivory baton of their searchlight pointed at the clouds , diluting the valley 's dark to a pallid light . |
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[ noun ] an implement passed from runner to runner in a relay race
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