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A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.

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  1. n. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.
  2. n. A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.
  3. n. a stately court dance in the 17th century
  4. n. a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
  5. 1. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance. 2. (Mus.) A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.
  6. A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called;a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the danceform, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.
  7. n:100 n. a stately court dance in the 17th century n. a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite