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hemiolas
We have found lemma(root) word of hemiolas : hemiola.
Definitions
[ˌhɛmɪˈəʊlə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a musical figure in which, typically, two groups of three beats are replaced by three groups of two beats, giving the effect of a shift between triple and duple metre
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Origin
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late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hēmiolia ‘in the ratio of one and a half to one’ (from hēmi- ‘half’ + holos ‘whole’)
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