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Cerebrum vs Zygon - What's the difference?

cerebrum | zygon |

As nouns the difference between cerebrum and zygon

is that cerebrum is (neuroanatomy) the upper part of the brain, which is divided into the two cerebral hemispheres in humans it is the largest part of the brain and is the seat of motor and sensory functions, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory while zygon is in the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (h-shaped) fissure.

cerebrum

English

(wikipedia cerebrum)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (neuroanatomy) The upper part of the brain, which is divided into the two cerebral hemispheres. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is the seat of motor and sensory functions, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.

    • Synonyms

    * telencephalon

    Meronyms

    * cerebral hemisphere * cerebral cortex

    Holonyms

    * forebrain

    Derived terms

    * cerebral * cerebral cortex * protocerebrum * deutocerebrum * tritocerebrum

    zygon

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (H-shaped) fissure.
  • * 1896', Andrew J. Parker, "Morphology of the Cerebral Convolutions with special reference to the order of Primates", ''Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'', Second Series, ' 10 (3): 323
    • “The evidence is threefold: (1) as admitted by Ecker, the zygon always appears independently in the foetus;
  • An affinity or connection in a piece of music between tones, chords, or phrases, such that one part appears to repeat, to imitate, or to derive from the other, especially when perceived as an organising principle in the music; a zygonic relationship.
  • * 2005 , Adam Ockelford, Repetition in music: theoretical and metatheoretical perspectives (page 121)
    • Chopin's Prelude op. 28 no. 6 comprises 403 notes which give rise—in just one sub-domain (pitch class)—to around 13,000 potential primary zygons', 500 million potential secondary '''zygons''', and 1018 potential tertiary ' zygons .
  • * 2006 , Neil Lerner, Joseph Straus, Sounding Off: Theorizing Disability in Music (page 142)
    • Zygonic relationships, or zygons , are depicted using the letter Z.
  • * 2012 , Adam Ockelford, Applied Musicology: Using Zygonic Theory to Inform Music Education, Therapy, and Psychology Research , page 106
    • Observe that the second melodic interval is deemed to exist in imitation of the first through the repetition of magnitude but not polarity through an "inverse" secondary zygon of pitch.

    Related terms

    * zygal * zygonic