semiquaver
[sem-ee-kwey-ver]
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noun Music (chiefly British ).
a sixteenth note.
Origin of semiquaver
Also called demiquaver.
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The breve and the semiquaver is, we must have the descant you made upon our names, ere you depart.
The Works of John MarstonJohn Marston
And as the preceding Semiquaver rang a handbell, this shaked the sprinkle with his fist.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.Francois Rabelais
semiquaver
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