TIME SIGNATURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does time signature mean? 

• TIME SIGNATURE (noun)
  The noun TIME SIGNATURE has 1 sense:

1. a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

  Familiarity information: TIME SIGNATURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIME SIGNATURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

musical time signature; time signature

Hypernyms ("time signature" is a kind of...):

musical notation ((music) notation used by musicians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time signature"):

alla breve (a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure)