mensurable

English

Etymology

From Middle English mensurable, from Medieval Latin mensūrābilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnt͡ʃəɹəbəl/, /ˈmɛnt͡ʃɹəbəl/, /ˈmɛns(ə)ɹəbəl/

Adjective

mensurable (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.

Related terms

mensural

Anagrams

Lebensraum, lebensraum, seralbumen

Spanish

Adjective

mensurable (plural mensurables)

measurable

Further reading

“mensurable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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