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afterbeats

afterbeats is the plural of afterbeat.

Meaning of afterbeat

Noun

afterbeat (plural afterbeats)

  1. A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.
    • He does so by giving the first structural tone an afterbeat comparable to that which follows the second structural tone.1989, Leonard B. Meyer, Style and music: theory, history, and ideology

Questions about afterbeats

What is afterbeats the plural of?
Afterbeats is the plural of afterbeat.

Words near afterbeats in the dictionary

  1. afterbay
  2. afterbays
  3. afterbear
  4. afterbears
  5. afterbeat
  6. afterbeats
  7. afterbirth
  8. afterbirths
  9. afterbite
  10. afterbites
  11. afterbodies

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