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time signature
n. Music
A sign placed on a staff
to indicate the meter, time signature
commonly a numerical top: 2:4 time indicates two beats
fraction of which the per measure
numerator is the number bottom: 3:4 time indicates three
of beats per measure beats per measure
and the denominator
represents the kind of note getting one beat.

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time signature
n
(Music, other) music a sign usually consisting of two
figures, one above the other, the upper figure representing
the number of beats per bar and the lower one the time
value of each beat. This sign is placed after the key
signature at the outset of a piece or section of a piece

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2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

time′ sig`nature
n.
a fractional designation given after the key signature in
music, the denominator giving the basic note value for the
beat and the numerator the number of such notes to the
measure.

[1870–75]

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Noun 1. time signature - a musical notation indicating the

number of beats to a measure and kind of note that
takes a beat

≡ musical time signature

↔ musical notation - (music) notation used by
musicians

↔ alla breve - a musical time signature indicating

two or four half notes to a measure

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