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COMMON MEASURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
Synonyms:
common measure; common meter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("common measure" is a kind of...):
beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly
Synonyms:
common divisor; common factor; common measure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("common measure" is a kind of...):
divisor; factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common measure"):
greatest common divisor; greatest common factor; highest common factor (the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A time signature indicating four beats to the bar
Synonyms:
common measure; common time; four-four time; quadruple time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("common measure" is a kind of...):
musical time ((music) the beat of musical rhythm)
