mensural
[ men-sher-uh l, -ser- ]
/ ˈmɛn ʃər əl, -sər- /
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adjective
pertaining to measure.
Nearby words
- menstruate,
- menstruation,
- menstruous,
- menstruum,
- mensurable,
- mensural music,
- mensural notation,
- mensuration,
- mensurative,
- menswear
Origin of mensural
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Examples from the Web for mensural
The signs of time were placed over the stave, and were not repeated unless the mensural values changed.
mensural
/ (ˈmɛnʃərəl) /
adjective
of or involving measure
music of or relating to music in which notes have fixed values in relation to each other
Word Origin for mensural
C17: from Late Latin mēnsūrālis, from mēnsūra measure
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mensural
"pertaining to measure, measurable," c.1600, from Medieval Latin mensuralis, from Latin mensura "a measuring, measurement" (see measure (v.)).
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