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noun
A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sixty-fourth note
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: note, musical note, tone
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English quaver English semiquaver English demisemiquaver English hemidemisemiquaver From hemi- + demisemiquaver.
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