Mp3 Definition| 1. | the file extension for MPEG Audio Layer-3, a set of standards for compressing and downloading audio files from the Internet. |
| 2. | a file compressed in this format. Compare MPEG. |
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Music Definition–noun | 1. | an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. |
| 2. | the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both. |
| 3. | musical work or compositions for singing or playing. |
| 4. | the written or printed score of a musical composition. |
| 5. | such scores collectively. |
| 6. | any sweet, pleasing, or harmonious sounds or sound: the music of the waves. |
| 7. | appreciation of or responsiveness to musical sounds or harmonies: Music was in his very soul. |
| 8. | Fox Hunting. the cry of the hounds. |
—Idiom| 9. | face the music, to meet, take, or accept the consequences of one's mistakes, actions, etc.: He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music. |
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