time signature

• POS: Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: time sig=na=ture

CIDE DICTIONARY

time signature,  

 A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for the beat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measure.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

THESAURUS

time signature

accent, accent mark, bar, cancel, character, custos, direct, dot, expression mark, fermata, hold, key signature, lead, ligature, mark, measure, metronomic mark, notation, pause, presa, segno, sign, signature, slur, swell, symbol, tempo mark, tie, vinculum