Usually means: Musical notation, indicates rhythm structure.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word time signature:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. time signature: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. time signature: Merriam-Webster
  3. time signature: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. time signature: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. time signature: Collins English Dictionary
  6. time signature: Vocabulary.com
  7. time signature: Wordnik
  8. time signature: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. time-signature, time signature: Wiktionary
  10. time signature: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. time signature: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. time signature: Dictionary.com
  13. Time signature: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. time signature: Rhymezone
  15. time signature: FreeDictionary.org
  16. time signature: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. time signature: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Time-signature, time signature: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. time signature: The Folk File

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (time signature)

▸ noun:  (music) A symbol or numerical sign placed on a stave to indicate the meter; in the case of a numerical time signature, the numerator is the number of beats per bar, the denominator represents the value of each beat.

Similar:
musical time signature, measure, tempo, alla breve, time, asymmetric meter, cut time, simple quadruple time, common time, polymetre, more...

Opposite:
key signature, tempo, rhythm, meter

Phrases:
musical time signature, more...

Adjectives:
consecutive, leap, and, prime, double, signature, octave, loco, minor, modal, downscale

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Similar:
musical time signature, measure, tempo, alla breve, time, asymmetric meter, cut time, simple quadruple time, common time, polymetre, more...

Opposite:
key signature, tempo, rhythm, meter

Phrases:
musical time signature, more...

Adjectives:
consecutive, leap, and, prime, double, signature, octave, loco, minor, modal, downscale



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