Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Metronome   Listen
Metronome

noun
1.
Clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music.



Related search:
metronome marking


WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Metronome" Quotes from Famous Books



... the emotion of the moment. Nay, it may be detected by what seems the most monotonous of motions, the flow of water, in which, if you listen intently, you will discover a beat as regular as that of the metronome. With the natural presumption of all self-taught men, I thought I had made a discovery in this secret confided to me by Beaver Brook, till Professor Peirce told me it was always allowed for in the building of dams. Nay, for my own part, I would venture to affirm ...
— The Function Of The Poet And Other Essays • James Russell Lowell


Words linked to "Metronome" :   pendulum


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org