aeolian

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to, produced by, or resembling the action or sound of the wind

   Wind passing through the wires produced an aeolian hum.

2. 2
   adj

   geology: transported, deposited, shaped, or eroded by wind

   Aeolian sand formed long parallel dunes across the desert.

3. 3
   adj

   music: relating to the Aeolian mode, the diatonic mode corresponding to the natural minor scale

   The melody stays in the aeolian mode until its final cadence.

Common collocations

• aeolian harp Adjective + noun

From Aeolus, the Greek god and keeper of the winds, + -ian; this produced the wind and geological senses. Capitalized Aeolian also refers to ancient Aeolis and its people. The musical mode took its learned name from the Greek regional tradition, though the modern mode does not directly reproduce ancient Aeolian music.

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