metronomicadj.
/ˌmɛtrəˈnɒmɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛtrəˈnɑmɪk/ 1. Of or relating to a metronome; regulated by, or as if by, the beat of a metronome. metronomic mark n. now rare = metronome mark n. at metronome n. Compounds.
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1881 Chicago Advance 29 Dec. 832 The metronomic mark of most of the tunes is too fast.
1896 Daily News 17 Apr. 8/5 Mr. Edwards reprints the facsimile of the metronomic times for each number from a Mendelssohn MS.
1920 J. A. Johnstone (title) Metronomic indications for Bach's Preludes and Fugues and the Inventions, with hints on their interpretation.
1966 C. Keil in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out (1972) 90 In jazz groups polymeter or even a sense of polymeter may or may not exist, but the subjective pulse or metronomic sense remains.
1995 Afr. Amer. Rev. 29 285 The Western European concert tradition of metronomic sense of time and general singularity of rhythm..produces the polyrhythmicality of African American 20th-century music.
2. figurative. Resembling the action of a metronome; reminiscent of a metronome.
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1959 Times 30 May 3/1 The Hungarian..is metronomic as she unwinds the rallies.
1975 ‘E. Lathen’ By Hook or by Crook xi. 107 Miss Martineau sobbed with metronomic regularity.
1979 A. Sillitoe Storyteller ii. xvii. 224 The metronomic dip and rise of the ship kept him up to his purpose.
1993 Classic CD June 4/1 The trumpets and timpani, with their repeated metronomic two-note figure..bundle the orchestra along sternly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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