"metronome" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛtɹəˌnoʊm/ [General-American], /ˈmɛtɹəˌnəʊm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-metronome.ogg Forms: metronomes [plural]
Etymology: Coined in English from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + νόμος (nómos, “regulation, law”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₁-|*nem-}}, {{der|en|grc|μέτρον||measure}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} metronome (plural metronomes)
  1. (music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes. Wikipedia link: metronome Categories (topical): Music Derived forms: Maelzel's metronome, metronomic Translations (a device used in music): metronoom (Afrikaans), metronom (Albanian), مِيتْرُونُوم (mītrūnūm) [masculine] (Arabic), مِسْرَع (misraʕ) [feminine] (Arabic), մետրոնոմ (metronom) (Armenian), metronomo (Basque), метраном (mjetranóm) [masculine] (Belarusian), метроном (metronom) [masculine] (Bulgarian), metrònom [masculine] (Catalan), 節拍器 (Chinese Mandarin), 节拍器 (jiépāiqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 拍子機 (Chinese Mandarin), 拍子机 (pāizijī) (Chinese Mandarin), 拍節器 (Chinese Mandarin), 拍节器 (pāijiéqì) (Chinese Mandarin), metronom [masculine] (Czech), metronom [common-gender] (Danish), metronoom [masculine] (Dutch), metronomo (Esperanto), metronoom (Estonian), metronomi (Finnish), tahtimittari (Finnish), métronome [masculine] (French), metrónomo [masculine] (Galician), მეტრონომი (meṭronomi) (Georgian), Metronom [neuter] (German), μετρονόμος (metronómos) [masculine] (Greek), מטרונום (metronóm) [masculine] (Hebrew), तालमान (tālmān) [masculine] (Hindi), ütemmérő (Hungarian), metronóm (Hungarian), metronomo (Ido), metronom (Indonesian), méadranóm [masculine] (Irish), metronomo [masculine] (Italian), メトロノーム (metoronōmu) (Japanese), 메트로놈 (meteuronom) (Korean), metronoms [masculine] (Latvian), metronomas [masculine] (Lithuanian), метроном (metronom) [masculine] (Macedonian), metronom (Malay), inetaki (Maori), metronom [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), metronom [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), metronom [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مترونوم (metronom) (Persian), metronom [masculine] (Polish), metrônomo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), metrónomo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), metronom [neuter] (Romanian), метроно́м (metronóm) [masculine] (Russian), метроном [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), metronom [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mitrònumu [masculine] (Sicilian), metronóm [masculine] (Slovak), metronom [masculine] (Slovene), metrónomo [masculine] (Spanish), metronom [common-gender] (Swedish), เมโทรนอม (may-tho-ron-om) (Thai), metronom (Turkish), метроно́м (metronóm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), máy nhịp (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "a device used in music",
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          "sense": "a device used in music",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a device used in music",
          "word": "節拍器"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiépāiqì",
          "sense": "a device used in music",
          "word": "节拍器"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a device used in music",
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          "sense": "a device used in music",
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          "roman": "pāijiéqì",
          "sense": "a device used in music",
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          "sense": "a device used in music",
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          "sense": "a device used in music",
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          "sense": "a device used in music",
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      "sense": "a device used in music",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "metrónomo"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "a device used in music",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "a device used in music",
      "word": "เมโทรนอม"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "a device used in music",
      "word": "metronom"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "metronóm",
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a device used in music",
      "word": "máy nhịp"
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