Meanings
adjectivemicrotemporal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to microtiming
For the great majority of listeners, other aspects of music, different from microtemporal PDs, must be relevant for triggering body movement.
2015 August 20, Lorenz Kilchenmann, Olivier Senn, “Microtiming in Swing and Funk affects the body movement behavior of music expert listeners”, in Frontiers in Psychology, volume 6, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with microtemporal
temporalintertemporalspatiotemporalfrontotemporalatemporalanterotemporalantitemporalauriculotemporalbasitemporalbasotemporalbiotemporalbitemporalcentrotemporalcorticotemporalcotemporaldorsotemporalextratemporalgeotemporalhypertemporalinferotemporalinfratemporalintratemporalisotemporallaterotemporal
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APA
microtemporal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtemporal
MLA
“microtemporal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtemporal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microtemporal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtemporal.
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