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quarter note

–noun Music.
a note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet.


Origin:
1755–65
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quarter note  
n.   Music
A note having one-fourth the time value of a whole note. Also called crotchet.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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