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prolation

American

[proh-ley-shuhn] / proʊˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

Medieval Music.

the time relationship between a semibreve and a minim in mensural notation.

Etymology

Origin of prolation

1325–75; Middle English prolacion < Latin prōlātiōn- (stem of prōlātiō ) a bringing forward. See prolate, -ion

Example Sentences

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They had the eternity from one word, and the prolation, the emanation from another word.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

He accordingly sets up a three-time rhythm in opposition to the double-time, not infrequently introduces five-time and seven-time, immediately repeats a phrase, but with a prolation, so that its time is again doubled and trebled.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

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