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"A symbol or numerical sign placed on a stave to indicate the meter; in the case of a numerical time signature, the numerator is the number of beats per bar, the denominator represents the value of each beat"
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"(music) A symbol or numerical sign placed on a stave to indicate the meter; in the case of a numerical time signature, the numerator is the number of beats per bar, the denominator represents the value of each beat"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "拍號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pāihào",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "拍号"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "maatsoort"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "taktindiko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "tahtilaji"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiffrage de mesure"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Taktangabe"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "ütemmutató"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "ütemjelzés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
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"word": "ütemjelző"
},
{
"alt": "拍子標",
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bakjapyo",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "박자표"
},
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "taktartsangivelse"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kasr-e mizân",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "کسر میزان"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fórmula de compasso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "metru"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "metru muzical"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razmér",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "разме́р"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "tìde-àidhre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "quebrado de compás"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "numerical sign",
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"word": "cifra de compás"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tempobeteckning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
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"word": "taktbeteckning"
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"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "arwydd amser"
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"A symbol or numerical sign placed on a stave to indicate the meter; in the case of a numerical time signature, the numerator is the number of beats per bar, the denominator represents the value of each beat"
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],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "拍號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pāihào",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "拍号"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "maatsoort"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "taktindiko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "tahtilaji"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiffrage de mesure"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Taktangabe"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "ütemmutató"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "ütemjelzés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "ütemjelző"
},
{
"alt": "拍子標",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bakjapyo",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "박자표"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "taktartsangivelse"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kasr-e mizân",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "کسر میزان"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fórmula de compasso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "metru"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "metru muzical"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razmér",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "разме́р"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "tìde-àidhre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "quebrado de compás"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cifra de compás"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tempobeteckning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "taktbeteckning"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "numerical sign",
"word": "arwydd amser"
}
],
"word": "time signature"
}
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