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common measure
common measuren. A ballad stanza form in iambic meter, often rhyming in alternating pairs, that is typical of many church hymns. Also called common meter, hymnal stanza.common measure n 1. (Music, other) another term for common time 2. (Poetry) the usual stanza form of a ballad, consisting of four iambic lines rhyming a b c b or a b a b com′mon meas′ure n. a ballad stanza of four iambic lines and strict rhymes, often used in hymns, rhyming abcb or abab. Also called com′mon me′ter. [1710–20] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | common measure - a time signature indicating four beats to the barcommon time, four-four time, quadruple timemusical time - (music) the beat of musical rhythm | | 2. | common measure - an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenlycommon divisor, common factordivisor, factor - one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?"greatest common divisor, greatest common factor, highest common factor - the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers | | 3. | common measure - the usual (iambic) meter of a balladcommon metercadence, metre, meter, measure, beat - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
common measure Related to common measure: ballad metreSynonyms for common measurenoun a time signature indicating four beats to the barSynonyms- common time
- four-four time
- quadruple time
Related Wordsnoun an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenlySynonyms- common divisor
- common factor
Related Words- divisor
- factor
- greatest common divisor
- greatest common factor
- highest common factor
noun the usual (iambic) meter of a balladSynonymsRelated Words- cadence
- metre
- meter
- measure
- beat
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