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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In music:
  2. n. An interval having the ratio 1:1½ or 2:3—that is, a perfect fifth.
  3. n. A rhythm in which three minims are made equal to a preceding two. Compare hemiolia.
  4. n. In organ-building, a variety of mixture.

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  1. n. music Describing a ratio of 3:2
  2. n. music An organ stop that uses two ranks of different pipes

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