quadruple measure

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• quadruple measure — or quadruple time, 1. a musical measure of four beats with an accent on the first and third. 2. this rhythm …   Useful english dictionary

• quadruple time — noun a time signature indicating four beats to the bar • Syn: ↑common time, ↑four four time, ↑common measure • Hypernyms: ↑musical time * * * Music. 1. a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third. 2. t …   Useful english dictionary

• measure — meas ure (m[e^]zh [ u]r; 135), n. [OE. mesure, F. mesure, L. mensura, fr. metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Gr. me tron, E. meter. Cf. {Immense}, {Mensuration}, {Mete} to measure.] 1. A standard of dimension; a fixed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Quadruple — Quad ru*ple, a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. quadruple. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Double}.] Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. [1913 Webster] {Quadruple time} (Mus.), that in which each measure is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Quadruple time — Quadruple Quad ru*ple, a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. quadruple. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Double}.] Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. [1913 Webster] {Quadruple time} (Mus.), that in which each… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• quadruple — [kwä dro͞o′pəl, kwədro͞o′pəl; kwä′drə pəl] adj. [MFr < L quadruplus < quadru (see QUADRUPED) + plus, as in duplus: see DOUBLE] 1. consisting of or including four 2. four times as much or as many; fourfold 3. Music containing four beats to… …   English World dictionary

• quadruple — quadrupleness, n. quadruply, adv. /kwo drooh peuhl, drup euhl, kwod roo peuhl/, adj., n., v., quadrupled, quadrupling. adj. 1. fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance. 2. four times as great. 3. Music. having four beats to a… …   Universalium

• quadruple — I. verb (quadrupled; quadrupling) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin quadruplare, from quadruplus Date: 14th century transitive verb to make four times as great or as many intransitive verb to become four times as great or as numerous… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• quadruple — quad•ru•ple [[t]kwɒˈdru pəl, ˈdrʌp əl, ˈkwɒd rʊ pəl[/t]] adj. n. v. pled, pling 1) fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance[/ex] 2) four times as great 3) mad mus having four beats to a measure 4) a number, amount, etc., four… …   From formal English to slang

• quadruple time — Music. 1. a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third. 2. the rhythm created by use of this measure. [1895 1900] * * * …   Universalium

• quadruple time — /kwɒˈdrupəl taɪm / (say kwo droohpuhl tuym) noun Music 1. a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third. 2. the rhythm created by use of this measure …