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quasihemidemisemiquaver

quasihemidemisemiquaver noun: a note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.

Noun

quasihemidemisemiquaver (plural quasihemidemisemiquavers)

  1. (principally UK) A note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.
    • Telemann's ‘Gulliver’ suite for two violins includes a Lilliputian chaconne in quasihemidemisemiquavers and a Brobdignanian^([sic]) gigue in semibreves.2004, Paul Griffins, The Penguin Companion to Classical Music, →ISBN

Synonyms of quasihemidemisemiquaver

Forms of quasihemidemisemiquaver

pluralquasihemidemisemiquavers

Origin of quasihemidemisemiquaver

From quasi- + hemidemisemiquaver.

Questions about quasihemidemisemiquaver

What does quasihemidemisemiquaver mean?
Quasihemidemisemiquaver means a note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.
What part of speech is quasihemidemisemiquaver?
Quasihemidemisemiquaver is a noun.
What is the plural of quasihemidemisemiquaver?
The plural of quasihemidemisemiquaver is quasihemidemisemiquavers.

Words near quasihemidemisemiquaver in the dictionary

  1. quasigroup
  2. quasigroups
  3. quasiharmonic
  4. quasiharmonicity
  5. quasihelical
  6. quasihemidemisemiquaver
  7. quasihemidemisemiquavers
  8. quasihexagon
  9. quasihexagonal
  10. quasihexagons
  11. quasihistorical

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