semiquaver

[sem-ee-kwey-ver]

noun Music (chiefly British).

a sixteenth note.

Also called demiquaver.

Origin:
1570–80; semi- + quaver

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semiquaver (ˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə)

—n
	music Usual US and Canadian name: sixteenth note a note having the time value of one-sixteenth of a semibreve

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