COMMON MEASURE

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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)

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)

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)