Literary notes about Combination (AI summary)
The term "combination" in literature often signifies the merging or coalescence of distinct elements—be they physical, abstract, or metaphorical—to create a unified whole. In some texts, it is employed to describe tangible unions, such as the blending of musical instruments that yield a unique resonance ([1], [2], [3]), or the literal joining of materials and letters in technical discussions ([4], [5]). In other instances, authors use "combination" to illuminate the fusion of qualities, whether describing a character’s layered personality ([6], [7]) or the complex interplay of nature and circumstance in philosophical and psychological discourse ([8], [9]). This versatility extends further to stylistic and grammatical constructs as well as to abstract, sometimes mathematical, reasoning ([10], [11], [12]), demonstrating that across genres and disciplines, "combination" serves as a powerful metaphor for interconnectedness and synthesis.
- The combination of a wood-wind and brass instrument produces a complex resonance in which the tone of the brass predominates.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The combination of 3 trombones or 4 horns in unison is frequently met with, and produces extreme power and resonance of tone.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The combination of strings, wood-wind and brass instruments, set side by side, produces a full, round and firm tone.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - This second variety appeared in the combination ll , or whenever l was followed by the front vowels ( 43 ) e or i , or when it was final.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - The combination kz , as in ekzisti , ekzameno , must not be modified to the gs or ks represented by x in exist , execute .
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed - “She’s an extraordinary combination.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James - I have often thought him since, like the steam-hammer that can crush a man or pat an egg-shell, in his combination of strength with gentleness.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - The dreamer in his relation to his dream-wishes can be compared only to a combination of two persons bound together by some strong common quality.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - He demonstrated irrefutably that it was perfectly impossible for reason to think a priori and by means of concepts a combination involving necessity.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant - The combination of grammar and reader here offered is therefore unique.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed - Neither the length of the word nor the combination of letters seems to make any difference to the child.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - Combination and Group Problems, 76 .
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney