Word
of the Day for Wednesday 5th November 2014
Duple \DOO-puhl, DYOO-\
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Adjective
1. Having two parts; double; twofold. 2. Music. Having two or sometimes a multiple of two beats in a measure: duple meter. |
Quotes
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About the same number of poems set to duple or mixed
meter tunes have the most characteristic poetic meter of six-syllable lines.
-- Timothy J. Cooley, Making Music in the Polish Tatras, 2005 |
Origin
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Duple entered English in the mid-1500’s. It comes from the Latin word duplus which
meant "double."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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