figured bass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: figured bass	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for figured bass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
figured bass n a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played Synonym(s): figured bass, basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Figured \Fig"ured\, a. 1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin. 2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke. 3. (Mus.) (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See {Figurate}, 3. (b) Indicated or noted by figures. {Figured bass}. See {Continued bass}, under {Continued}.