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Princeton's WordNet

  1. common time, four-four time, quadruple time, common measurenoun

    a time signature indicating four beats to the bar

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  1. common timenoun

    A meter of four quarter notes per measure.

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  1. Common Time

    "Common Time" is a science fiction short story by American writer James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros (1965); in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973); and in Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories.The story is considered to be an archetype of symbolism in science fiction.

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  1. common time

    Common time is a musical term referring to a time signature of 4/4, meaning there are four beats in a measure and the quarter note gets one beat. It is often notated by a large C as a shorthand for 4/4 time. It’s one of the most widely used time signatures in western music, particularly in pop, rock, and classical music.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. common time

    In marching, the length of the direct step in common time is 28 inches, and the cadence is at the rate of 90 steps per minute.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of common time in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of common time in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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