DEMISEMIQUAVER

Etymology

Noun

demisemiquaver (plural demisemiquavers)

(music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.

Anagrams

• semidemiquaver

Source: Wiktionary


Dem`i*sem"i*qua`ver, (Mus.)

Definition: A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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