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fermatas

fermatas is the plural of fermata.

Meaning of fermata

Noun

fermata (countable and uncountable, plural fermatas or fermate)

  1. The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration.
  2. (countable) The notation ⟨◌͒⟩ of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.

Questions about fermatas

What is fermatas the plural of?
Fermatas is the plural of fermata.

Words near fermatas in the dictionary

  1. Fermat-Apollonius circle
  2. Fermat-Apollonius circles
  3. Fermat-Torricelli point
  4. Fermat-Torricelli points
  5. fermata
  6. fermatas
  7. fermate
  8. Fermatian
  9. ferment
  10. fermentabilities
  11. fermentability

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