Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In music: A beat in keeping time.
  • noun A bar or measure. See a battuta and a tempo.
  • noun In medieval music, a forbidden progression of the outer voice-parts of a harmony from a tenth on the up-beat to an octave on the down-beat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.) The measuring of time by beating.

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  • noun music beat

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Examples

  • Some bloggers are writing about the experience. bint battuta (Bahrain), who is undertaking the project of reading the Qur'an in Arabic during Ramadan, writes her first post on the experience:

    Global Voices in English » Global: Ramadan Mubarak 2009

  • Il giorno della coca è finito. *battuta sulla ganja a piacere*

    No Fat Clips!!! : That`s all Folks!!! 2007

  • "Se si dà quell'inno ad un maestro di cappella per metterlo in musica concertata ed in _battuta sensibile_, verrà subito distrutto il _ritmo_, e se la cantilena della cappella pontif. si scrive in battuta, si vedranno cadere nel _battere_ alcune sillabe brevi, senza pregiudizio della loro quantità".

    The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs

  • Largo; not the hundredth part of the weight of a single quaver was spared us; stiff and ghastly, like a bronze pigtail, the battuta of this Andante was swung over our heads; even the feathers on the angel's wings were turned into corkscrew curls -- rigid, like those of the seven year's war.

    On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, Richard Wagner 1848

  • (Charlotte Brittain), eseguono il buon dosaggio di denuncia sessista e humor britannico, sfruttando al massimo ogni battuta e sfumatura.

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  • Sia il protagonista, Ben Silverstone, che il suo amante, John Dixon, che l'eccellente Linda (Charlotte Brittain), eseguono il buon dosaggio di denuncia sessista e humor britannico, sfruttando al massimo ogni battuta e sfumatura.

    WN.com - Articles related to Kentucky castle turned into popular luxury hotel 2010

  • See this photo essay called Chernobyl Stalkers. posted by bint battuta at 10: 20

    bint battuta in bahrain 2009

  • I love both versions. posted by bint battuta at 7: 02 PM labels: birthday, friends, health, music

    bint battuta in bahrain 2008

  • La carne cruda battuta al coltello con tartufo bianco d’Alba: I try the carne cruda at every single restaurant because of how interesting the variations of the dish can be.

    Italy 2006

  • La carne cruda battuta al coltello con tartufo bianco d’Alba: I try the carne cruda at every single restaurant because of how interesting the variations of the dish can be.

    Augieland: 2006

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