three-quarter time

English

Alternative forms

• three quarter time, three quarter-time, three-quarter-time, three quartertime, three-quartertime

Noun

three-quarter time (countable and uncountable, plural three-quarter times)

1. (music) A time signature of a composition indicating three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.

   Synonym: waltz time

2. (sports) The interval between the third and fourth quarters of a sports match.
   • 2019 Ben Guthrie, AFL to enact heat policy for JLT this weekend Australian Football League, 1 March 2019. Accessed 13 May 2019.

     The quarter-time and three-quarter time breaks will run for eight minutes (increased from six minutes), while the half-time changeover period has been extended to 22 minutes rather than the usual 20 minutes.