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metronome

met.ro.nome \'me-tr*-.no-m\ \.me-tr*-'na:m-ik\ \-i-k(*-)le-\ n [Gk metron + 
   -nomos controlling, fr. nomos law - more at MNIMBLE : an instrument 
   designed to mark exact time by a regularly repeated tick  - met.ro.nom.ic 
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