whole rest

Noun

Meaning

(music) A pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two half rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is four beats.

(music) A symbol used in musical notation drawn as a solid rectangle directly below the line above the middle line of a staff whose height is half the distance between lines.

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I mean, the fact of the matter is, Ohio 's coming back because we set a clear path, we cut taxes, we balanced our budget, we got credit upgrades when the whole rest of the world, including America, was being downgraded. John Kasich

i worried he'd let go, but he didn't. We held hands like this the whole rest of the way home. Jenny Han

At Jonac, he declared Charles king of Aquitaine and deprived Pepin (he was less harsh with the younger Louis), restoring the whole rest of the empire to Lothair, not yet involved in the civil war. Source: Internet

Chaplin, p. 145. Robinson notes that "this was not strictly true: the character was to take a year or more to evolve its full dimensions and even then – which was its particular strength – it would evolve during the whole rest of his career". Source: Internet

I didn’t mind too much, though: As soon as my head hit the pillow, I passed out and slept the whole rest of the way to London. Source: Internet

Okay, so maybe my arms aren't that tired, but the whole rest of me sure is. Source: Internet

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