A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
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.
The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
The final stage of any game.
The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such.