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Associations to the word «Bis»

Wiktionary

BIS, noun. Plural of bi
BIS, adverb. Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
BIS KEY, noun. (music) A key using alternative fingerings for certain notes on woodwind instruments. Specifically, a key that is located between the first and second keys operated by the left hand on a saxophone. Pressing LH1 and the bis key simultaneously results in the sounding of a Bb. This is especially useful when playing in keys with many flats.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats