Common time Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a time signature indicating four beats to the bar
quadruple time; common measure; four-four time.
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(Mus.) , that variety of time in which the measure consists of two or of four equal portions.
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(Mil.) , the ordinary time of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute.