Definition of mensural in English:
mensural
adjective ˈmɛnʃ(ə)r(ə)lˈmɛnsjər(ə)l
1Of or involving measuring.
Example sentencesExamples
- The method of investigation was substantially as follows: Tables of the minimum, maximum and average of the four mensural characters of a bird were selected for investigation, namely, length of wing, of tail, of tarsus, and of bill.
- We measured the asymmetry of five mensural and seven meristic characters of 175 collared lizards from north-central Oklahoma.
- 1.1Music Denoting or relating to music in a definite metre.
Example sentencesExamples
- Table 1 shows the time signatures commonly found in Western mensural music since about 1700.
- In Mensural Notation, several notes can be combined together to form ligatures.
- A Josquin mensural canon highlighted the unusual nature of this group's repertoire and rounded off their stimulating recital with fresh imagination.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin mensuralis, from mensura 'measure'.