mensurable
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English mensurable, from Medieval Latin mensūrābilis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmensurable (comparative more mensurable, superlative most mensurable)
- measurable
- (music) Having a fixed rhythm.
- 1998, William Oliver Strunk, Leo Treitler, Source Readings in Music History, →ISBN, page 227:
- Mensurable music is song measured by long and short units of time.
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editSpanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmensurable m or f (masculine and feminine plural mensurables)
- measurable
- Synonym: medible
Further reading
edit- “mensurable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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