mensurable
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmɛn(t)ʃəɹəbəl/, /ˈmɛn(t)ʃɹəbəl/, /ˈmɛn(t)s(ə)ɹəbəl/
Adjective

mensurable

  1. measurable
  2. (music) Having a fixed rhythm.
    • 1998, William Oliver Strunk & Leo Treitler, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZtCYwFm2mTwC&pg=PA228&ots=lXp_M-H-9a&dq=mensurable&sig=u9pPpb-F5UcUuqfqu70ouZvRCAk#PPA227,M1 Source Readings in Music History], ISBN 0393037525, p. 227.
      Mensurable music is song measured by long and short units of time.
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