Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act, process, or science of using a metronome, or of indicating tempo by reference to a metronome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Measurement of time by an instrument.
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- noun The
measurement oftime by aninstrument .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was thus that M. M.elzel, the famous inventor of metronomy, was allowed the honor of exhibiting before his M.jesty several of his own inventions.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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It was thus that M. M.elzel, the famous inventor of metronomy, was allowed the honor of exhibiting before his M.jesty several of his own inventions.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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It was thus that M. M.elzel, the famous inventor of metronomy, was allowed the honor of exhibiting before his M.jesty several of his own inventions.
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete Louis Constant Wairy 1811
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