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tactus

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tactus /ˈtäkto͝os, ˈtɑktʊs /
noun Music a principal accent or rhythmic unit, especially in 15th- and 16th-century music:
a tactus that hovers around 72-6
[mass noun] a correspondence of tactus between chant and polyphony.
– ORIGIN Latin.