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perfect time

perfect time noun: a system of timing in mensural notation in which a breve is equal to three semibreves.

Noun

perfect time

  1. (historical) A system of timing in mensural notation in which a breve is equal to three semibreves.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see perfect, time.

Questions about perfect time

What does perfect time mean?
Perfect time means a system of timing in mensural notation in which a breve is equal to three semibreves.
What part of speech is perfect time?
Perfect time is a noun.

Words near perfect time in the dictionary

  1. perfect stranger
  2. perfect strangers
  3. perfect system
  4. perfect tense
  5. perfect tenses
  6. perfect time
  7. perfect triad
  8. perfect triads
  9. perfect twelfth
  10. perfect twelfths
  11. perfect unison

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