semiquaver
[ sem-ee-kwey-ver ]
/ ˈsɛm iˌkweɪ vər /
noun Music (chiefly British).
a sixteenth note.
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Also called demiquaver.
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Example sentences from the Web for semiquaver
The breve and the semiquaver is, we must have the descant you made upon our names, ere you depart.
The Works of John Marston|John MarstonAnd as the preceding Semiquaver rang a handbell, this shaked the sprinkle with his fist.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais
British Dictionary definitions for semiquaver
semiquaver
/ (ˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə) /
noun
music a note having the time value of one-sixteenth of a semibreveUsual US and Canadian name: sixteenth note
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