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breve

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
breve/briːv/

▶noun

1 Music a note having the time value of two semibreves, represented as a semibreve with two short bars either side, or as a square.

2 a written or printed mark (˘) indicating a short or unstressed vowel.

3 historical an authoritative letter from a pope or monarch.

– origin ME: var. of brief: the musical term was orig. used in a series where a long was of greater time value than a breve.

'breve' also found in these Oxford entries:

alla breve - brief - short mark

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