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flute
The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...
is a musical instrument.
Flute can also refer to:
People
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Sébastien Flute (born 1972), French archer
Arts, entertainment, and media
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"Flute" (song), a song by New World Sound and Thomas Newson
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Francis Flute
Francis Flute is a character in William Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. His occupation is a bellows-mender. He is forced to play the female role of Thisbe in " Pyramus and Thisbe", a play-within-the-play which is performed for Thes ...
, a Shakespearean character
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Bansuri: The Flute'', a 2021 Indian film
Other uses
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Flute (cutting tool), the grooves on a drill bit
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Flute (geology), a primary sedimentary structure
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Flute (glacial)
Glacial flutes, also known as glacial fluting, are low, narrow, elongate, straight, parallel ridges that range between several centimeters to a few meters both in width and height. This glacial landform generally consist of glacial till, but som ...
, a glacial landform
* Flute, the
secondary of a two-stage thermonuclear weapon
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Champagne flute
A champagne glass is stemware designed for champagne and other sparkling wines. The two most common forms are the flute and coupe, both stemmed; holding the glass by the stem prevents warming the drink. Champagne can also be drunk from a normal ...
, stemware used to drink champagne
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En flûte
''En flûte'' (French: "as a fluyt") is a French naval expression of the Age of Sail to designate the use of a warship as a transport with reduced armament.Willaumez, p. 294
Some warships, ships of the line or frigates, were occasionally used wi ...
'', a French naval expression of the Age of Sail to designate the use of a warship as a transport with reduced armament
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Flûte (ship), the French spelling of
fluyt
A fluyt (archaic Dutch language, Dutch: ''fluijt'' "flute"; ) is a Dutch type of sailing ship, sailing vessel originally designed by the shipwrights of Hoorn as a dedicated ship transport, cargo vessel. Originating in the Dutch Republic in the 16 ...
, a type of ship
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Flute Summit (British Columbia), Canada
* Fluted mold, used to fabricate a
latex balloon that fills to a spherically shape
* Flûte, a type of
baguette
A baguette (; ) is a long, thin type of bread of French origin that is commonly made from basic lean dough (the dough, not the shape, is defined by French law). It is distinguishable by its length and crisp crust.
A baguette has a diameter ...
bread
* Flute, a type of
flue pipe
A flue pipe (also referred to as a ''labial'' pipe) is an organ pipe that produces sound through the vibration of air molecules, in the same manner as a recorder or a whistle, in a pipe organ. Air under pressure (called ''wind'') is driven ...
in organs
See also
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Fluting (disambiguation)
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