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atomus
atomus -i m. 1. kleinstes Intervall 2. kleinste Zeiteinheit zur Bestimmung der Mensuralnotenwerte — 1. the smallest interval 2. the smallest temporal unit used to determine a mensural note value 1 kleinstes Intervall — the smallest interval [s.XI] LmL Frut. brev. 10 p. 66: Intervalla novem dabit haec lex agnitionem / Primus habet limma quo non vox strictior ulla / Assonat huic phthongus subiectum limma secundus / Emicat inde tonus connexo limmate ternos / Quatuor atque modum quartum dat vis athomorum . [s.XIV] LmL Arn. Gill. 78: tonos librate dividit in semitonia, et semitonia in athomos indiv…