mensural

[ men-sher-uhl, -ser- ]

adjective
  1. pertaining to measure.

Origin of mensural

1
1600–10; <Late Latin mēnsūrālis, equivalent to Latin mēnsūr(a) measure + -ālis-al1

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mensural

/ (ˈmɛnʃərəl) /


adjective
  1. of or involving measure

  2. music of or relating to music in which notes have fixed values in relation to each other

Origin of mensural

1
C17: from Late Latin mēnsūrālis, from mēnsūra measure

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