"hemiola" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hemiolas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlə Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἡμιόλιος (hēmiólios), "containing one and a half; half as much again; in the ratio of 3:2". Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἡμιόλιος}} Ancient Greek ἡμιόλιος (hēmiólios) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hemiola (plural hemiolas)
  1. (music) The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time. Categories (topical): Music Translations (hemiola): hemiola [feminine] (Czech), hemiola (Finnish), hémiole [feminine] (French), ημιόλιο (imiólio) [neuter] (Greek), emiolia [feminine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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