Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation. · The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants. · 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. · A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola.
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