Tactus is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tactus in a sentence
Tactus meaning
- The sense of touch.
- beat, pulse
Using Tactus
- The main meaning on this page is: The sense of touch. | beat, pulse
Context around Tactus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 35.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tactus
- In this selection, "tactus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 35.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, think stand out and add context to how "tactus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include century the tactus was generally and in a tactus think of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tactus" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tactus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
By the 16th century, the tactus was generally two semibreves per breve, with three per breve used for special effects and climactic sections. (23 words)
It was in the opening decades of the next century that music felt in a tactus (think of the modern time signature) of two semibreves-to-a-breve began to be as common as that with three semibreves-to-a-breve, as had prevailed prior to that time. (48 words)
It was in the opening decades of the next century that music felt in a tactus (think of the modern time signature) of two semibreves-to-a-breve began to be as common as that with three semibreves-to-a-breve, as had prevailed prior to that time. (48 words)
By the 16th century, the tactus was generally two semibreves per breve, with three per breve used for special effects and climactic sections. (23 words)
Example sentences (2)
By the 16th century, the tactus was generally two semibreves per breve, with three per breve used for special effects and climactic sections.
It was in the opening decades of the next century that music felt in a tactus (think of the modern time signature) of two semibreves-to-a-breve began to be as common as that with three semibreves-to-a-breve, as had prevailed prior to that time.