gamut

n.

1. A complete range or extent: a face that expressed a gamut of emotions, from rage to peaceful contentment.
2. Music. The entire series of recognized notes.

[Middle English, the musical scale, from Medieval Latin gamma ut, low G : gamma, lowest note of the medieval scale (from Greek, gamma; see gamma) + ut, first note of the lowest hexachord (after ut, first word in a Latin hymn to Saint John the Baptist, the initial syllables of successive lines of which were sung to the notes of an ascending scale CDEFGA: Ut queant laxis resonare fibris Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes).]

(GAM-uht)

noun
The complete range of something.

Etymology
From Medieval Latin, contraction of gamma ut, from gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet), used to represent the lowest tone + ut, from the names of the notes ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (ut and si later changed to do and ti). Gamma + ut contracted to gamut and the meaning expanded to denote all notes. The names of the notes are derived from the initial syllables of a Latin hymn

Usage
"'Our biggest problem is basic infrastructure strain, and that covers the gamut - electricity, water, telephone service - you name it, we have continuous basic problems with all of them,' [Alain Tiphaine] said." — Luis Ramos; Caribbean Business; Puerto Rico Herald; Jul 8, 2004.

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The entire range of colors available on a particular device such as a monitor or printer. A monitor, which displays RGB signals, typically has a greater color gamut than a printer, which uses CMYK inks. When a color is "out of gamut," it cannot be properly converted to the target device; for example, to a different type of printer. See color management system and color space.

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IN BRIEF: The whole range or sequence.

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B. — Dorothy Parker (1893-1967).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skala, tonestige

idioms:

• run the gamut    løbe skalaen igennem

Nederlands (Dutch)
toonladder, bereik (muziek), scala

Français (French)
n. - éventail, (Mus, fig) gamme

idioms:

• run the gamut    passer par tout l'éventail de qch

Deutsch (German)
n. - Skala, Tonleiter, (Ton)umfang

idioms:

• run the gamut    die ganze Skala durchgehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) μουσική κλίμακα, γκάμα, # γενικότερο πλαίσιο

idioms:

• run the gamut    καλύπτω όλο το φάσμα

Italiano (Italian)
gamma, scala diatonica

idioms:

• run the gamut    provare ogni tipo di (esperienze, sentimenti ...)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escala (f) (Mús.), gama (f)

idioms:

• run the gamut    passar por toda a gama (de sentimentos)

Русский (Russian)
гамма, диапазон, полнота чего-либо

idioms:

• run the gamut    передавать или испытывать что-либо во всей его полноте

Español (Spanish)
n. - gama, escala, serie

idioms:

• run the gamut    probar todas las posibilidades de, recorrer toda la gama de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tonskala (mus.), register

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
全音阶, 全音域, 长音阶

idioms:

• run the gamut    涵盖整个范围

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 全音階, 全音域, 長音階

idioms:

• run the gamut    涵蓋整個範圍

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 전범위

idioms:

• run the gamut    갖은 표현을 다하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガンマウト, 長音階, 全領域, 全範囲, 全音階, 全音域

idioms:

• run the gamut    全ての関連分野を経験する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سلم النغم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מלוא הטווח, מלוא הקשת, היקף מלא, סולם (במוסיקה), כל הצלילים המוסיקליים, טווח הצלילים של קול או כלי‬

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