TIME SIGNATURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

Synonyms:

musical time signature; time signature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("time signature" is a kind of...):

musical notation ((music) notation used by musicians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time signature"):

alla breve (a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure)

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