quadruple time

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–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.

Origin:
1895–1900

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quadruple time
noun
a time signature indicating four beats to the bar [syn: common time]

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