eighth note

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eighth note - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Eighth \Eighth\ ([=a]tth), a. [AS. eahto[eth]a.]
     1. Next in order after the seventh.
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     2. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.
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     Eighth note (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or
        semibreve; a quaver.
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eighth note - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  eighth note
      n 1: a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a
           whole note [syn: eighth note, quaver]