time signature

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(music) a sign at the start of a piece of music, usually in the form of numbers, showing the number of beats in each BAR/MEASURE

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

time signatureEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary time signatureEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

Nearby in the dictionary

timely time machine timeout timepiece timer times time-saving timescale time-server timeshare time sheet

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