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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

duple [ 'djupl] [ 'djuːpl]
  1. 1. adjective 两倍的；加倍的；双的；双重的，二重的
  2. 2. adjective [music] 二拍子的
    duple time
    二拍子

Collins English-English Dictionary

duple ['djuːpəl]
  1. 1. adj a less common word for double
  2. 2. adj [music] (of time or music) having two beats in a bar
  3. 3. adj [Etymology] C16: from Latin duplus twofold, double
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Examples

duple time
二拍子 → duple
duple time → time
二(三，四)拍子
duple (triple, quadruple) time → 拍子

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