Measure

1. (Ger. Zaét,; Fr. mesure; It. misu’ra.) A metrical unit, simple or compound, of fixed length (time-value) and regular accentuation, forming the smallest metrical subdivision of a piece ‘or movement; visibly presented by the group of notes or rests contained between two bars, and familiarly called a ‘‘bar". (Comp. 7ime.)—2. Occa sional for éempo.—3. A dance having a stately and measured movement.— Measure-note, a note indicated by the time-signature as an even divisor of a measure; thus indicates that each measure has 3 quarter-notes, and a measure-note is then a quarter-note... Measure-rest, see Rest.