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METRONOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metronome mean? 

METRONOME (noun)
  The noun METRONOME has 1 sense:

1. clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of musicplay

  Familiarity information: METRONOME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


METRONOME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("metronome" is a kind of...):

pendulum (an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity)


 Context examples 


Their role is crucial: if the "metronome" of myoblasts is interrupted, the muscles will not be the right size, and their function will be affected.

(Researchers Discovered Proteins Essential to Development of Skeletal Muscle, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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