Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medieval music: The interval or relation of the perfect fifth: so called because produced on the monochord by shortening the string to two thirds of its full length, A group of three notes introduced in the midst of a piece in place of two; a triplet.
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Hence find bireme, hemiolia, merchantman, myoparo, quinquereme, sixteener and trireme in the glossary of Fortune's Favorites.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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And out from behind the mountain flank to the east it came, a hemiolia capable of keeping up with any craft that sailed.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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