1. (n.) A proceeding in a course from one step to the next; motion onward.
2. (n.) Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
3. (n.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.
4. (n.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.
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