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Meaning of ‘prolation’

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prolation

The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation. [Obs.] Ray.

The act of deferring; delay. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

(Mus.) A mediæval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims. Busby.

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