From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsemiquaversem‧i‧qua‧ver /ˈsemiˌkweɪvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British English APMa musical note that continues for a sixteenth of the length of a semibreve SYN sixteenth note American English
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semiquaver• The rapid bowed quavers of the former become the rapid staccato semiquavers of the latter. 