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121Units of Measurement — Do you know the story of the facetious unit of beauty called the millihelen ? Since it is that the astonishingly beautiful Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships , a millihelen is a unit of beauty equal to the ability to launch… …
122half note — half notes N COUNT A half note is a musical note that has a time value equal to two quarter notes. [AM] (in BRIT, use minim) …
123crotchet — [ krɒtʃɪt] noun 1》 Music, Brit. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem. 2》 a perverse or unfounded belief or notion. Origin ME (in the sense hook ):… …
124crotchet — /ˈkrɒtʃət / (say krochuht) noun 1. a hooklike device or part. 2. Entomology a small hooklike process. 3. a curved surgical instrument with a sharp hook. 4. an odd fancy or whimsical notion. 5. Music a note having one quarter of the time value of… …
125British capacity unit — noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet • Syn: ↑Imperial capacity unit • Hypernyms: ↑liquid unit, ↑liquid measure, ↑dry unit, ↑dry measure • Hyponyms …
126Imperial capacity unit — noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet • Syn: ↑British capacity unit • Hypernyms: ↑liquid unit, ↑liquid measure, ↑dry unit, ↑dry measure • Hyponyms …
127musical note — noun a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound the singer held the note too long • Syn: ↑note, ↑tone • Derivationally related forms: ↑tonic (for: ↑tone) …
128musical terms — See panel ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Musical terms include: accelerando acciaccatura accidental accompaniment acoustic adagio ad lib a due affettuoso agitato al fine alla breve alla cappella allargando allegretto allegro al segno …
