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Definition of: mordent
(môr′dənt) noun Music
The rapid alternation of a tone with the tone immediately below it or the character indicating it: a form of trill. Also mor·den·te (môr·den′tā).
—inverted mordent The rapid alternation of a note with one above it: a pralltriller. [<G <Ital. mordente, ppr. of mordere bite <L]
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