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Meaning of "metronomical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METRONOMICAL

metronomical  [ˌmetrəˈnɒmɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METRONOMICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metronomical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES METRONOMICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of metronomical in the English dictionary

The definition of metronomical in the dictionary is metronomic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METRONOMICAL


agronomical
ˌæɡrəˈnɒmɪkəl
anatomical
ˌænəˈtɒmɪkəl
antinomical
ˌæntɪˈnɒmɪkəl
astronomical
ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkəl
atomical
əˈtɒmɪkəl
autonomical
ˌɔːtəˈnɒmɪkəl
comical
ˈkɒmɪkəl
economical
ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkəl
gastronomical
ˌɡæstrəˈnɒmɪkəl
heroicomical
hɪˈrəʊɪˌkɒmɪkəl
loxodromical
ˌlɒksəˈdrɒmɪkəl
microanatomical
ˌmaɪkrəʊˌænəˈtɒmɪkəl
neuroanatomical
ˌnjʊərəʊˌænəˈtɒmɪkəl
nonastronomical
ˌnɒnˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkəl
palindromical
ˌpælɪnˈdrɒmɪkəl
physiognomical
ˌfɪzɪəˈnɒmɪkəl
seriocomical
ˌsɪərɪəʊˈkɒmɪkəl
taphonomical
ˌtæfəˈnɒmɪkəl
taxonomical
ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪkəl
uneconomical
ˌʌniːkəˈnɒmɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METRONOMICAL

metro
metrological
metrologically
metrologies
metrologist
metrology
metromania
metronidazole
metronome
metronomic
metronomically
metronymic
metroplex
metropolis
metropolitan
metropolitan county
metropolitan district
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Police
metropolitanate

WORDS THAT END LIKE METRONOMICAL

academical
agrochemical
alchemical
biochemical
biogeochemical
chemical
clinical
cytochemical
dynamical
electrochemical
geochemical
histochemical
neurochemical
petrochemical
photochemical
physicochemical
phytochemical
radiochemical
rhythmical
stereochemical
thermodynamical

Synonyms and antonyms of metronomical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metronomical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METRONOMICAL

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The translations of metronomical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metronomical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

metronomical
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metronomical
570 millions of speakers

English

metronomical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metronomical
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

metronomical
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

metronomical
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metronomical
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

metronomical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métronomique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metronomikal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

metronomical
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

metronomical
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

metronomical
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metronomi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

metronomical
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

metronomical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेट्रोनॉमिकल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metronomical
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metronomical
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metronomical
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

metronomical
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metronomical
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

metronomical
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metronomical
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metronomical
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metronomical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metronomical

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METRONOMICAL»

The term «metronomical» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.527 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METRONOMICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «metronomical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «metronomical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metronomical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METRONOMICAL»

Discover the use of metronomical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metronomical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm ...
... but still officially "technical," school, the Realgym- nasium. After Steinheil's death, in 1871, a so-called physical-metronomical institute was separated from the state mathematical-physical collection. Jolly became director of the new institute, ...
Christa Jungnickel, 1990
2
Musical Cognition: A Science of Listening
A. 0 .25 .50 1 time (s) .75 Suppose you give all like-sounding rhythms in the chart the same color or shade of grey. Will all versions or interpretations of a rhythm cluster around the “deadpan” (metronomical) version? The illustration below ...
Henkjan Honing, 2014
3
The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
In practice, the 'metronomical' playing of the accompanying ostinato often sounds unsatisfactory if it is absolutely mechanical. Instead, it should give the impression or illusion of being metronomical. Tiny adjustments may be necessary to make ...
Robin Stowell, 2003
4
Essays on Artistic Piano Playing and Other Topics
Let us try now to discover the two sides of that metronomical evil — the useful as well as harmful results that it may have on the developing student. If a student is not endowed with an "inborn" sense of good rhythm, and has some difficulty ...
Silvio Scionti, Jack Guerry, 1998
5
Piano Technique
Exercise: The pupil should set the metronome at 60, uttering the numeral "one” (1 ) shortly and snappily at every metronomical beat, in this way training the ear to listen carefully, in order to discover whether or not this outspoken numeral “one” ...
Walter Gieseking, Karl Leimer, 2013
6
Ski
With such computerized operations competing for millions of listeners in mass markets, ski reports, like elevator music, can begin to have a metronomical- sounding sameness. "It's skiing's answer to the government economist ; there's a lot of ...
7
Ruined Eden of the Present: Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe : ...
Devoted to spectacular chiming effects and metronomical rhythms in verse, he loved liquid consonants and the long o sound, yearning to achieve the purity of music by distancing words from their referents. The supposition, as Richard Wilbur ...
Gary Richard Thompson, Virgil Llewellyn Lokke, 1981
8
A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration
... is interspersed with brief rests, which give a little rhythmical latitude to the vocal movements, and do not necessitate a rapid metronomical exactitude in the bar. Thus, — whatever may be said by several great artists — the plaintive design of ...
Louis Hector Berlioz, 1858
9
A Talk in the Park
Three, he has a metronomical personality. Remember that TV ad, “Never let 'em see you sweat”? That's Joe. Torre received his Doctorate in Cool from the University of Steinbrenner. It took more than a decade to earn his degree. As a result ...
Curt Smith autofilled, 2011
10
Chopin Studies 2
Metronomical performance is certainly tiresome and nonsensical; time and rhythm must be adapted to and identified with the melody, the harmony, the accent and the poetry . . . But how [to] indicate all this? I shudder at the thought of it.33 Yet ...
John Rink, Jim Samson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METRONOMICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metronomical is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ashes: England v Australia
Metronomical. Five dots but then he drops short and is clattered to the square fence through the off side by Joe Root. He's into the nineties now. «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
2
Rakitic, Iniesta, Busquets: Barca's Real Treble
Iniesta is the creator, who transfer the ball from midfield to attack, with near metronomical precision. It is Rakitic however, the non La Masia ... «The Hard Tackle, Jun 15»
3
Barcelona star Xavi reveals his incredible memory powers
The metronomical Barcelona midfielder was sat down by his club for a test of his recollections, taking the simplest flashes of build-up to strikes ... «The42, Mar 15»
4
Why Allen should keep Gerrard out of the Liverpool team
The Camarthen-born midfielder has always been noted for his metronomical passing – few players who have been compared to Xavi struggle ... «Goal.com, Mar 15»
5
'SNL 40' reminds us of the power of live performance
There is very little that is sexy about unwavering metronomical precision. In music that grooves, the rhythm is supposed to fluctuate. On the ... «Buffalo News, Feb 15»
6
Bowl Bits: UCLA 40, Kansas State 35 (Alamo Bowl)
... milk the clock like a dairy cow, and still wind up scoring 35 points, but after halftime the Wildcats were borderline metronomical in their ability ... «CBSSports.com, Jan 15»
7
Win was 'not just luck of the Irish'
... Paul O'Connell and No 8 Jamie Heaslip as well as man of the match Jonathan Sexton, who contributed 16 points with metronomical kicking. «Independent Online, Nov 14»
8
Newcastle United have finally got the best out of Moussa Sissoko …
The difference now is that in Jack Colback, a steady, metronomical kind of midfield presence, he has a partner who suits him better than ... «ChronicleLive, Nov 14»
9
Arcadia cross country runner Phillip Rocha takes over leadereship role
He can punch with the heavy hitters and if I ask him to run a specific metronomical time, he runs it exactly. He is really blessed with an internal ... «The Pasadena Star-News, Oct 14»
10
Why Toulon Have the Best Chance to Win the European Rugby …
And while it is virtually impossible to replace the metronomical kicking ability of Wilkinson, Toulon may be stronger without the trusty left-footer. «Bleacher Report, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Metronomical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/metronomical>. Apr 2024 ».
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