plectron

[plek-tron]

noun

plural

plectra 

1. plectrum.

Example Sentences

"At the moment we are using precise but cost-effective manufacturing techniques for the plectra and casing and anticipate that remaining parts will be molded industrially, slashing the cost."

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We do not make Mantic either godless or void of reason, when we give it the soul of man as its material, and the enthusiastic spirit and exhalation as its tool or plectron.

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Most obviously, on Friday, that occurred in “Solstice,” whose minimal theme was created by a four-armed pendulum, created for this project, with strings attached to the arms, struck by stationary plectra.

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The jacks have the early steel springs, and in 1885 traces were found in the instrument of original brass plectra, all of which point to a very early date.

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All of these three instruments had strings of brass, with quill plectra attached to pieces of wood.

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