Aeolian is an English word with synonyms like weather or greek. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Aeolian meaning
- of, or relating to the wind.
- carried, deposited or eroded by the wind.
- Aeolian mode
Synonyms of Aeolian
Using Aeolian
- The main meaning on this page is: of, or relating to the wind. | carried, deposited or eroded by the wind. | Aeolian mode
- Useful related words include: weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition, greek deity.
- In the example corpus, aeolian often appears in combinations such as: the aeolian, aeolian islands, an aeolian.
Context around Aeolian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aeolian
- In this selection, "aeolian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, historic, chickering, hypodorian, islands, company and skinner stand out and add context to how "aeolian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on the aeolian islands and aeolian sand with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aeolian" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aeolian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lennon said an Aeolian cadence sounded like an exotic bird. (10 words)
At higher speeds the Strouhal Number is close to that for the Aeolian tone. (14 words)
Many objects recovered from old wrecks are now in the Aeolian Museum of Lipari. (14 words)
Emissions of lava from depths of up to 3,600 metres resulted in the formation of the Aeolian Islands, together with Ustica and a series of submarine volcanoes named Magnani, Vavilov, Marsili and Palinuro, as well as two that are unnamed. (41 words)
The Aeolian forms the base of the most common Western minor scale; in modern practice the Aeolian mode is differentiated from the minor by using only the seven notes of the Aeolian scale. (33 words)
During the 1920s, Stravinsky recorded Duo-Art rolls for the Aeolian Company in both London and New York, not all of which have survived.sfn Patronage was never far away. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Aeolian forms the base of the most common Western minor scale; in modern practice the Aeolian mode is differentiated from the minor by using only the seven notes of the Aeolian scale.
And there will be a performance of the historic Aeolian-Skinner organ by Lisa Lohmeyer.
Lennon said an Aeolian cadence sounded like an exotic bird.
The Wind Harp started with Lynn Watson, then-campus gardener, who wanted an Aeolian Harp on campus grounds.
Grand pianos, uprights, even player pianos — with top brand names like Chickering, Aeolian and Knabe — were all made at The Piano Works.
Over two evenings in late January, Plutz will give free performances on Duke University Chapel’s Aeolian organ.
Abrahamic, Buddhist, Hollywoodize, Freudianism, and Reagonomics are capitalized; quixotic, bowdlerize, mesmerism, and pasteurization are not; aeolian, and alpinism may be capitalized or not.
Aeolian sand with a number of dunes parted by peat swamps or small ponds cover the highest terrace.
Aeolian Tone Manipulation of the equation yields the lower two equations for the dipole sound power of both lift and drag.
After the population invoked the protection of Saint Bartholomew during prayers in the cathedral, there was not a single victim on the Aeolian Islands.
At higher speeds the Strouhal Number is close to that for the Aeolian tone.
Between the years 1893-96 he published a work of eight volumes on the Aeolian Islands.
During the 1920s, Stravinsky recorded Duo-Art rolls for the Aeolian Company in both London and New York, not all of which have survived.sfn Patronage was never far away.
Emissions of lava from depths of up to 3,600 metres resulted in the formation of the Aeolian Islands, together with Ustica and a series of submarine volcanoes named Magnani, Vavilov, Marsili and Palinuro, as well as two that are unnamed.
He also worked with the Aeolian Company for its 'Autograph Metrostyle' piano roll series wherein he indicated the tempo mapping for many of his pieces.
He did record additional rolls throughout the 1920s of his main hits for the Aeolian Company's reproducing piano, including a complete version of his Rhapsody in Blue.
If the final is approached from below, then the leading tone must be raised in a minor key (Dorian, Hypodorian, Aeolian, Hypoaeolian), but not in Phrygian or Hypophrygian mode.
In 1954, it was enlarged by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Opus 150-A, under the tonal direction of G. Donald Harrison.
Many objects recovered from old wrecks are now in the Aeolian Museum of Lipari.
Other methods The aeolian harp employs a very unusual method of sound production: the strings are excited by the movement of the air.
Common combinations with aeolian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: