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thirty-second note

noun

, Music.
  1. a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.


thirty-second note

noun

  1. music a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)demisemiquaver


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thirty-second note1

First recorded in 1885–90

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