iˈoʊ noun Music.
a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin hēmiolia < Greek hēmiolía the ratio of one and a half to one, feminine of hēmiolíos half as large again, equivalent to hēmi- hemi- + (h)ól(os) whole + -ios adj. suffix
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin hēmiolia < Greek hēmiolía the ratio of one and a half to one, feminine of hēmiolíos half as large again, equivalent to hēmi- hemi- + (h)ól(os) whole + -ios adj. suffix
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| —n | |
| music Also called: sesquialtera a rhythmic device involving the superimposition of, for example, two notes in the time of three | |
| [New Latin, from Greek hēmiolia ratio of one to one and a half, from | |
| hemiolia or hemiolia | |
| —n | |
| [New Latin, from Greek hēmiolia ratio of one to one and a half, from | |
| hemiolic or hemiolia | |
| —adj | |
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