neume or neum (n m, nym)n. A sign used in the notation of plainsong during the Middle Ages, surviving today in transcriptions of Gregorian chants. [Middle English, series of notes sung on one syllable, from Medieval Latin pneuma, from Greek, breath; see pneuma.] neu·mat  ic (n-m t k, ny-) adj. |
neume, neum [njuːm]
n
(Music / Classical Music) Music one of a series of notational symbols used before the 14th century
[from Medieval Latin neuma group of notes sung on one breath, from Greek pneuma breath]
neumic adj
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