breve
noun
- a mark ( ˘ ) placed over a short vowel or a short or unstressed syllable
- Law a judicial writ
- Music a note written or having the combined time value of two whole notes
See breve in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(brĕv, brēv)
noun- A symbol ( ˘ ) placed over a vowel to show that it has a short sound, as the a in bat.
- A curved mark used to indicate a short or unstressed syllable of verse.
- Music A note equivalent to two whole notes.
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