The optional final part of a syllable, placed 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.
A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.
A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
One who delivers a prologue.
An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.