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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jacquard \Jac*quard"\, a. Pertaining to or invented by Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. {Jacquard apparatus} or {arrangement}, a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure. {Jacquard card}, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus. {Jackquard loom}, a loom with Jacquard apparatus. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arrangement \Ar*range"ment\, n. [Cf. F. arrangement.] 1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order disposition in suitable form 2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order regular and systematic classification; as arrangement of one's dress; the Linn[ae]an arrangement of plants. 3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as we have made arrangement for receiving company. 4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement. 5. (Mus.) a The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written. b A piece so adapted; a transcription; as a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arrangement n 1: the thing arranged or agreed to [syn: {agreement}] 2: an orderly grouping (of things or persons) 3: an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" [syn: {organization}, {organisation}, {system}] 4: the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "in this new organization the container is much smaller" [syn: {organization}, {organisation}] 5: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed: "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" [syn: {placement}] 6: a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments [syn: {musical arrangement}] 7: something made by arranging ordered parts together; the result of arranging; "the roof bore an impressive arrangement of antennas" 8: the act of arranging a piece of music [syn: {arranging}]
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