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What is a coda?

What is a coda? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
  2. (phonology) The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
  3. (geology) In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
  4. (figuratively) A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
  5. Alternative spelling of CODA
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The short coda was another aerial ballet, after which the couple, yielding to the laws of gravity, returned to earth.
The extended coda to that scene and its aftermath was very well played, showing earlier events from a different perspective.
The song picks up for its coda, breaking into a steady waltz beneath cleanly strummed guitars and theremin.
Because an S-wave arrives in the P-wave coda, the coda interferes with the S-wave.
The foreign minister added a coda to his colleague's remarks by urging a spirit of compromise in accession negotiations.
The sad coda to this event is that, a mere five months later, this disaster is already a fading memory.

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