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3QT

3QT is the initialism of three-quarter time.

Meaning of three-quarter time

Noun

three-quarter time (countable and uncountable, plural three-quarter times)

  1. A time signature of a composition indicating three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.
  2. The interval between the third and fourth quarters of a sports match.
    • The quarter-time and three-quarter time breaks will run for eight minutes (increased from six minutes), while the half-time changeover period has been extended to 22 minutes rather than the usual 20 minutes.2019 Ben Guthrie, AFL to enact heat policy for JLT this weekend Australian Football League, 1 March 2019. Accessed 13 May 2019.

Questions about 3QT

What is 3QT the initialism of?
3QT is the initialism of three-quarter time.

Words near 3QT in the dictionary

  1. 3PL
  2. 3PP
  3. 3PPs
  4. 3Ps
  5. 3q29 microdeletion syndrome
  6. 3QT
  7. 3quel
  8. 3quels
  9. 3R
  10. 3rd
  11. 3rd grade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 3QT (page history and authors); three-quarter time (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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