three-quarter time

noun — 2 senses

three-quarter time

noun
1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A time signature of a composition indicating three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.

2

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The interval between the third and fourth quarters of a sports match.

  • 2019 Ben Guthrie, AFL to enact heat policy for JLT this weekend Australian Football League, 1 March 2019. Accessed 13 May 2019. The quarter-time and three-quarter time breaks will run for eight minutes (increased from six minutes), while the half-time changeover period has been extended to 22 minutes rather than the usual 20 minutes.

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