met·ro·nome

(mĕt′rə-nōm′)

n. Music

A device used to mark time by means of regularly recurring ticks or flashes at adjustable intervals.

[Greek metron, measure; see mē- in Indo-European roots + Greek nomos, rule, division; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]

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metronome

(ˈmɛtrəˌnəʊm)

(Music, other) a mechanical device which indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music by producing a clicking sound from a pendulum with an adjustable period of swing

[C19: from Greek metron measure + nomos rule, law]

metronomic, metronomical adj

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met•ro•nome

(ˈmɛ trəˌnoʊm)

n.

an instrument that makes clicks at an adjustable pace for marking rhythm, esp. for practicing music.

[1810–20; metro-¹ + -nome < Greek nómos rule]

met`ro•nom′ic (-ˈnɒm ɪk) met`ro•nom′i•cal, adj.

met`ro•nom′i•cal•ly, adv.

metronome

an instrument for marking time in music that produces regular ticking sounds for a variety of rhythmic settings. — metronomic, metronomical, adj.

metronome

[ˈmetrənəʊm] N → metrónomo m

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metronome

[ˈmɛtrənəʊm] n → métronome m

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metronome

n → Metronom nt

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metronome

[ˈmɛtrəˌnəʊm] n → metronomo

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metronome

(ˈmetrənoum) noun

an instrument that can be set to make a ticking noise at different speeds to mark musical time.

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I personally have a metronome app on my phone, which I find is more user friendly and convenient than carrying around traditional metronome, but recently I have begun to reconsider how beneficial it really is.

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Our lives are regulated, nay governed, by the passage of time, but I bet you didn't know there's amodern metronome. modelled an entire musical "composition" for metronomes.

All in good time; The metronome's steady rhythm can help you play music, type and even learn to fish. We find out how the device was first made popular by a friend of Beethoven

novelty by Wittner as a tabby cat A string of inventors laboured to produce a reliable metronome throughout the 1700s, culminating in 1814 with what Dutchman Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel (1777-1826) called a "musical chronometer".

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A Seth Thomas metronome used to train stenographers.

All in good time

Our lives are regulated, nay governed, by the passage of time, but I bet A modern metronome. modelled you didn't know there's an entire musical "composition" for metronomes.

All in good time; The metronome's steady rhythm can help you play music, type and even learn to fish. We find out how the device was first made popular by a friend of Beethoven

* ETI Converting has announced the launch of a new generation of the Metronome printing press.

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Marking the culmination of a Northern Chords community project called 100 Faces of Gateshead, it will feature 100 volunteers from the borough - each equipped with a clockwork metronome.

Wait a tick, it's not a wind-up... but we do need wind-ups; A massed gathering of metronomes will get this year's Northern Chords festival off to a rhythmic start, as DAVID WHETSTONE reports

The drones in the honeycomb sound off for war, war-fare, making the flower-children safe, safe to criticize peace-keepers, who in their Pentagons like a metronome give guidance, as well as technology solutions gladsome & fearsome.

Honeywell