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Definition of Duple
1. Adjective. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs. "Duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"
Definition of Duple
1. a. Double.
Definition of Duple
1. Adjective. (rare) Double. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of time or music) Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: poetry) Having two beats in each foot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duple
1. having two parts or elements [adj]
Medical Definition of Duple
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Duple
Literary usage of Duple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Study of Metre by Thomas Stewart Omond (1903)
"duple metre may therefore be divided into duple rising and duple falling (corresponding
to the " iambic " and " trochaic " of our grammars), according as ..."
2. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"By duple»!s. lature a long time elapsed before he again visited the shipyards.
When he did so, one of the journeymen remarked that he did not come to see ..."
3. Music (1897)
"This in music gives rise to duple or triple rhythm. I have noted songs in which,
it has seemed to me, the composer has not felt clearly the difference ..."
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