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Webster 1913 Edition
Organ
Or′gan
(ôr′gan)
, Noun.
1.
An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished;
as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are
. organs
of government2.
(Biol.)
A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole;
as, the heart, lungs, etc., are
. organs
of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs
of plants☞ In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a
system
. See System
. 3.
A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine;
as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are
. organs
of the steam engine5.
[Cf. AS.
organ
, fr. L. organum
.] (Mus.)
A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; – formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considered an organ.
The deep, majestic, solemn
organs
blow. Pope.
☞ Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural.
The merry
orgon
. . . that in the church goon [go]. Barrel organ
, Choir organ
, Great organ
Cabinet organ
(Mus.)
, an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ.
– Organ bird
(Zool.)
, a Tasmanian crow shrike (
– Gymnorhina organicum
). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. Organ fish
(Zool.)
, the drumfish.
– Organ gun
. (Mil.)
Same as
– Orgue
(b)
. Organ harmonium
(Mus.)
, an harmonium of large capacity and power.
– Organ of Corti
(Anat.)
, a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under
– Ear
. Organ pipe
. See , 1.
– Pipe
, Noun.
Organ-pipe coral
. (Zool.)
See
– Tubipora
. Organ point
(Mus.)
, a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
Or′gan
,Verb.
T.
To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.
[Obs.]
Thou art elemented and
organed
for other apprehensions. Bp. Mannyngham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Organ
OR'GAN
,Noun.
1.
A natural instrument of action or operation, or by which some process is carried on. Thus the arteries and veins of animal bodies are organs of circulation; the lungs are organs of respiration; the nerves are organs of perception and sensation; the muscles are organs of motion; the ears are organs of hearing; the tongue is the organ of speech.2.
The instrument or means of conveyance or communication. A secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power.3.
The largest and most harmonious of wind instruments of music, consisting of pipes which are filled with wind, and stops touched by the fingers. It is blown by a bellows.Definition 2024
orgán
orgán
Czech
Noun
orgán m
- organ (part of an organism)
- authority, body (functional part of a government or an organization; organized group of people)
- orgány činné v trestním řízení
- authorities active in criminal procedure
- státní orgány
- state authorities
- orgány činné v trestním řízení
Declension
Declension of orgán
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References
- ↑ orgán in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Irish
Etymology
From Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”).
Noun
orgán m (genitive singular orgáin, nominative plural orgáin)
Declension
Declension of orgán
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| orgán | n-orgán | horgán | t-orgán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "orgán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.