Brevis is the Latin word for ''short'', and may refer to:
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Brevis (note)
In music, a double whole note (American), breve, or double note lasts two times as long as a whole note (or ''semibreve''). It is the second-longest note value still in use in modern music notation. The longest notated note is the Longa (music), ...
, a musical note in mensural notation, see
Mensural notation
Mensural notation is the musical notation system used for European vocal polyphonic music from the later part of the 13th century until about 1600. The term "mensural" refers to the ability of this system to describe precisely measured rhythm ...
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''Brevis'' (moth)
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Brevis (syllable)
In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segments in the rime. In classical Indo-European verse, as developed in Greek, Sanskrit, and Latin, distinctions of syllable ...
, a light syllable in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry
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Brevis in longo
In Greek and Latin metre, ''brevis in longo'' (; ) is a short syllable at the end of a line that is counted as long. The term is short for , meaning "a short yllablein place of a long lement" Although the phenomenon itself has been known since ...
, a short syllable in place of a long syllable
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Toyota Brevis
The Toyota Brevis is a former mid-size luxury sedan introduced in May 2001, that was sold only in Japan.
Sales started in June 2001. The Brevis was produced for six years before being discontinued in 2007. The Brevis was exclusive to Toyota Japa ...
, a mid-sized luxury sedan
* Brevis, a French surname
See also
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Brevis muscle (disambiguation) In human anatomy, a brevis muscle derives its name from the Latin ''brevis'' meaning "short", and can refer to:
Arm
* Extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle, a muscle in the middle of the forearm that manipulates the wrist so the hand moves away fro ...
, several muscles in the human body
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Ars longa, vita brevis
''Ars longa, vita brevis'' is a Latin translation of an aphorism coming originally from Greek, roughly meaning, "skilfulness takes time and life is short".
The aphorism quotes the first two lines of the ''Aphorismi'' by the ancient Greek phys ...
'' ("art is long, life is short"), part of an aphorism by Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates
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Exposito en Brevis in Lucam ("A Brief Commentary on Luke"), a work by the ninth-century Benedictine monk Christian of Stavelot
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Missa brevis
Missa brevis (plural: Missae breves) is . The term usually refers to a mass composition that is short because part of the text of the Mass ordinary that is usually set to music in a full mass is left out, or because its execution time is relati ...
, a "short Mass", referring to the Christian liturgy
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Vita Brevis'' ("Brief Life"), a book written by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1996
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Brevi, an Italian surname
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