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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A note having one-eighth the time value of a whole note.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In musical notation, a note having half the time-value of a quarter-note; a quaver: marked by the sign or , or, when grouped, , .

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun music A note having one-eighth the duration of a whole note; a quaver

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note

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