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col·o·tom·ic | \ ˌkä-lə-ˈtä-mik 
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\Definition of colotomic
: of or relating to the use of specific instruments to mark off established time intervals especially in traditional Indonesian music
As in Java, the rhythmic structure of Balinese gamelan pieces is manifest in a colotomic framework played on various sizes of gongs.— Henry Spiller, Gamelan, 2004
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The first known use of colotomic was in 1934
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