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Definition of Mensural
1. Adjective. Of or relating to measure.
2. Adjective. Having notes of fixed rhythmic value.
Definition of Mensural
1. a. Of or pertaining to measure.
Definition of Mensural
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to measure or measurement. ¹
2. Adjective. (music) Having a fixed rhythm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mensural
1. pertaining to measure [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mensural
Literary usage of Mensural
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trouvères and Troubadours: A Popular Treatise by Pierre Aubry (1914)
"... VI THE mensural THEORY OF MUSIC IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY The worst possible
method of studying medieval music is to take modern music as a basis and ..."
2. The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Lovers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1915)
"... forma of mensural composition. IN the preceding chapter we have tried to trace
the perfecting of a form of melody called plain-song. ..."
3. Essentials in Music History by Thomas Tapper, Percy Goetschius (1914)
"mensural NOTATION THE momentous events described in the preceding chapter had
not long ... mensural ..."
4. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"The same. value th;m the mensural parts indicated by Même Mouvement. ...
mensural Members. Notes of less vainc than the mensural parts indicated at the ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Also mensural. In what manner the mental powers were first developed in the lowest
organisms ... Same as mensurable, 2—mensural note, in musical notation, ..."
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