noun

• (music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
• (phonology) The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants.
  "The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all."
• (geology) 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.
• (figurative) A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
  "Downstairs, a little later, in the drawing room, the coda of the party was unwinding, and Gerald opening new bottles of champagne as though he made no distinction between the boring drunks who "sat," and the knowing few of the inner circle, gathered round the empty marble fireplace."