compás

Definitions of compás
  1. noun
    drafting instrument used for drawing circles
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    type of:
    instrumento de dibujo
    an instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings
  2. noun
    rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
  3. noun
    musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
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    type of:
    solfa
    (music) notation used by musicians
  4. noun
    the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
    synonyms: cadencia, ritmo
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    types:
    compás acentuado, tiempo acentuado
    the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)
    compás no acentuado, tiempo no acentuado
    an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
    sincopado
    a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
    type of:
    tiempo musical
    (music) the beat of musical rhythm
  5. noun
    (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
    synonyms: cadencia, indicador, ritmo
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    escansión, medida
    analysis of verse into metrical patterns
    dáctilo
    a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
    yambo
    a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
    anapesto
    a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
    troqueo
    a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
    espondeo
    a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
    type of:
    prosodia
    (prosody) a system of versification
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