metronomen.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtrənəʊm/, U.S.

/ˈmɛtrəˌnoʊm/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: metro- comb. form², Greek νόμος.

Etymology: < metro- comb. form² + ancient Greek νόμος law, rule (see nomos n.). It is uncertain in which language the word was first used: compare French métronome (J. N. Maelzel 14 Sept. 1815 in sense 1), German Metronom (1817 in sense 1), and see note and quot. 1816 at sense 1. Compare earlier French métromètre metrometer n.¹Compare French métronome inspector of weights and measures in ancient Greece (1765) < ancient Greek μετρονόμοι (plural: see metro- comb. form²).

1. Music. A device used for marking time by producing a regular series of audible ticks or clicks (originally using a graduated inverted pendulum with an adjustable sliding weight), the interval between which can be regulated to provide the required number of beats in a minute. Hence: any device that serves to regulate or monitor the pace or rhythm of a performance by producing audible ticks or clicks, or flashes of light, at controlled intervals.The earliest suggestion that a pendulum might be used to mark musical tempo apparently occurs in Thomas Mace's Musick's Monument (1676). The modern metronome dates from 1815, when the German J. N. Maelzel (1772–1838) copied and amended the compound pendulum design of the Dutchman D. N. Winkel (c1776–1826). A subsequent lawsuit credited Winkel with the invention, though Maelzel was the more successful in patenting and marketing the device.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > metronome

plexichronometer1786

metronome1816

chronometer1837

plummet1844

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > metronome

metrometer1769

plexichronometer1786

rhythmometer1812

metronome1816

chronometer1837

plummet1844

accentuator?1845

M1904

1816 Repertory of Arts 2nd Ser. 28 128 [Patents] John Malzl, of Poland-street, Middlesex, Machinist; for an instrument or instruments..for the improvement of musical performance, which he denominates a Metronome, or musical time-keeper. Dated December 5, 1815.

1825 T. Hood & J. H. Reynolds Odes & Addr. 115 Or boiling eggs—timed to a metronome.

1857 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 695/2 It is very desirable that composers should always affix metronome numbers to their compositions.

1889 Infantry Drill x. 504 ♩ = 108 Maelzel's Metronome.

1927 G. V. Anrep tr. I. P. Pavlov Conditioned Reflexes ii. 22 The underlying principle of this activity is signalization. The sound of the metronome is the signal for food, and the animal reacts to the signal in the same way as if it were food.

1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 466 Western music declared its consciousness of itself when it adopted time signatures, barring and metronome beat.

1990 Drums & Drumming Feb. 78/1 A click track can come from a drum machine, a sequencer, or your basic electronic metronome.

2. In extended use: something regarded as similar to a metronome in function or effect.

ΚΠ

1822 S. Tillbrook Hist. & Crit. Remarks Mod. Hexametrists 73 Why leave the public without a guide to the accents and divisions of the Georgian hexameter? This should have been done either by—borrowing from the Latin rules,—adopting those of the early prosodians,—or by inventing a new metronome.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 309 I should love to..listen to the great liquid metronome as it beats its solemn measure.

1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. v. 24 And listen to the unfailing metronome of the flails.

1967 J. A. Baker Peregrine i. 14 One hates the..maddening metronome of the heart-beat.

1990 S. Dybek Coast of Chicago 79 There is only the faint, nearly subliminal metronome of ticking sprockets.

Compounds

metronome mark n. the indication (placed at the head of a piece of music) of the pace at which it is to be performed.

ΚΠ

1928 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 3) V. 303/2 Beethoven's metronome marks..dismayed him.

1994 Computers & Humanities 28 ii. 107/1 Features of scores of music for which composers have provided both tempo directions and metronome marks are recorded in a relational database.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

metronomev.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtrənəʊm/, U.S.

/ˈmɛtrəˌnoʊm/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: metronome n.

Etymology: < metronome n.

rare.

transitive (usually in passive). To regulate or measure as if by the sound or action of a metronome; to fill with a sound like that of a metronome. Also intransitive: to resemble a metronome in action or sound.

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the world > time > frequency > [verb (intransitive)] > be regular

metronome1931

1931 D. B. Flanagan Dark Certainty i. 15 Somewhere there is a court metronomed with sound Of voices and of music and of heat.

1959 Listener 2 Apr. 600/2 They..listened to the stillness of the white moonlight metronomed to the trot, trot, trot of the horse's hooves.

1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File ii. 21 Pin-tables metronoming away the sunny afternoon.

1992 L. Niven & S. Barnes Calif. Voodoo Game xxvii. 253 He began to swing, metronoming from side to side.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metronome
释义	metronomen. Brit. /ˈmɛtrənəʊm/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəˌnoʊm/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: metro- comb. form², Greek νόμος. Etymology: < metro- comb. form² + ancient Greek νόμος law, rule (see nomos n.). It is uncertain in which language the word was first used: compare French métronome (J. N. Maelzel 14 Sept. 1815 in sense 1), German Metronom (1817 in sense 1), and see note and quot. 1816 at sense 1. Compare earlier French métromètre metrometer n.¹Compare French métronome inspector of weights and measures in ancient Greece (1765) < ancient Greek μετρονόμοι (plural: see metro- comb. form²). 1. Music. A device used for marking time by producing a regular series of audible ticks or clicks (originally using a graduated inverted pendulum with an adjustable sliding weight), the interval between which can be regulated to provide the required number of beats in a minute. Hence: any device that serves to regulate or monitor the pace or rhythm of a performance by producing audible ticks or clicks, or flashes of light, at controlled intervals.The earliest suggestion that a pendulum might be used to mark musical tempo apparently occurs in Thomas Mace's Musick's Monument (1676). The modern metronome dates from 1815, when the German J. N. Maelzel (1772–1838) copied and amended the compound pendulum design of the Dutchman D. N. Winkel (c1776–1826). A subsequent lawsuit credited Winkel with the invention, though Maelzel was the more successful in patenting and marketing the device. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > metronome plexichronometer1786 metronome1816 chronometer1837 plummet1844 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > metronome metrometer1769 plexichronometer1786 rhythmometer1812 metronome1816 chronometer1837 plummet1844 accentuator?1845 M1904 1816 Repertory of Arts 2nd Ser. 28 128 [Patents] John Malzl, of Poland-street, Middlesex, Machinist; for an instrument or instruments..for the improvement of musical performance, which he denominates a Metronome, or musical time-keeper. Dated December 5, 1815. 1825 T. Hood & J. H. Reynolds Odes & Addr. 115 Or boiling eggs—timed to a metronome. 1857 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 695/2 It is very desirable that composers should always affix metronome numbers to their compositions. 1889 Infantry Drill x. 504 ♩ = 108 Maelzel's Metronome. 1927 G. V. Anrep tr. I. P. Pavlov Conditioned Reflexes ii. 22 The underlying principle of this activity is signalization. The sound of the metronome is the signal for food, and the animal reacts to the signal in the same way as if it were food. 1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 466 Western music declared its consciousness of itself when it adopted time signatures, barring and metronome beat. 1990 Drums & Drumming Feb. 78/1 A click track can come from a drum machine, a sequencer, or your basic electronic metronome. 2. In extended use: something regarded as similar to a metronome in function or effect. ΚΠ 1822 S. Tillbrook Hist. & Crit. Remarks Mod. Hexametrists 73 Why leave the public without a guide to the accents and divisions of the Georgian hexameter? This should have been done either by—borrowing from the Latin rules,—adopting those of the early prosodians,—or by inventing a new metronome. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 309 I should love to..listen to the great liquid metronome as it beats its solemn measure. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. v. 24 And listen to the unfailing metronome of the flails. 1967 J. A. Baker Peregrine i. 14 One hates the..maddening metronome of the heart-beat. 1990 S. Dybek Coast of Chicago 79 There is only the faint, nearly subliminal metronome of ticking sprockets. Compounds metronome mark n. the indication (placed at the head of a piece of music) of the pace at which it is to be performed. ΚΠ 1928 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 3) V. 303/2 Beethoven's metronome marks..dismayed him. 1994 Computers & Humanities 28 ii. 107/1 Features of scores of music for which composers have provided both tempo directions and metronome marks are recorded in a relational database. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). metronomev. Brit. /ˈmɛtrənəʊm/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəˌnoʊm/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: metronome n. Etymology: < metronome n. rare. transitive (usually in passive). To regulate or measure as if by the sound or action of a metronome; to fill with a sound like that of a metronome. Also intransitive: to resemble a metronome in action or sound. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [verb (intransitive)] > be regular metronome1931 1931 D. B. Flanagan Dark Certainty i. 15 Somewhere there is a court metronomed with sound Of voices and of music and of heat. 1959 Listener 2 Apr. 600/2 They..listened to the stillness of the white moonlight metronomed to the trot, trot, trot of the horse's hooves. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File ii. 21 Pin-tables metronoming away the sunny afternoon. 1992 L. Niven & S. Barnes Calif. Voodoo Game xxvii. 253 He began to swing, metronoming from side to side. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1816v.1931
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