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whole rest
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Princeton's WordNet
whole restnoun
a musical rest equal in duration to four beats in common time
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whole restnoun
A whole rest is a pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two half rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is four beats.
whole restnoun
A symbol used in musical notation drawn as a solid rectangle directly below the line above the middle line of a staff whose height is half the distance between lines.
Wikipedia
whole rest
A rest is a musical notation sign that indicates the absence of a sound. Each rest symbol and name corresponds with a particular note value for length, indicating how long the silence should last.
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whole rest
A whole rest is a musical symbol indicating that a note, instrument, or section should remain silent for the duration of a whole measure in a 4/4 time signature. It is represented by a rectangular shape hanging from the second line from the top of a stave. The duration of a whole rest may vary depending on the time signature.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of whole rest in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of whole rest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of whole rest in a Sentence
It's a difficult enough process as it is, the whole rest of the trial could be clean and if there was one error early on in jury selection, there's a risk it could all get turned around.
But it’s not like rainbows and sunshine and butterflies and everything that people sort of say, they’re like, ‘Wow, that looks like it was so much fun!’ And you’re like, ‘Well, it was fun to cross through the finish line and, in the next five seconds, see the green light (signaling the fastest time) and comprehend that. That was a fun thing.’ And the rest of the day — the whole rest of the day — was really, really pretty stressful and uncomfortable.
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