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common time

common time noun: a meter of four quarter notes per measure.

Noun

common time (uncountable)

  1. A meter of four quarter notes per measure.
  2. The ordinary pace of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute.

Synonyms of common time

Questions about common time

What does common time mean?
Common time means a meter of four quarter notes per measure.
What part of speech is common time?
Common time is a noun.

Words near common time in the dictionary

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  2. common three-rings
  3. common threesquare
  4. common thresher
  5. common threshers
  6. common time
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  8. common toadflax
  9. common toads
  10. common torpedo
  11. common torpedoes

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