Orchestra

or′kes-tra, n. in the Greek theatre, the place where the chorus danced: now the part of a theatre or concert-room in which the musicians are placed: the performers in an orchestra.— ns. Orchē′sis , the art of dancing or rhythmical movement of the body; Orchesog′raphy , the theory of dancing.— adjs. Or′chestral , Orches′tric , of or pertaining to an orchestra: performed in an orchestra.— v.t. Or′chestrāte , to arrange for an orchestra.— ns. Orchestrā′tion , the arrangement of music for an orchestra: instrumentation; Orches′tri on , a musical instrument of the barrel-organ kind, designed to imitate an orchestra. [L.,—Gr. orchēstr a — orchesthai , to dance.]