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der Takt (-e)
   time, rythm, beat; bar, foot (mus.); stroke (engine), phase; pulse, signal (comput.); tact

Ab Ende 2011 fährt der TGV Rhin-Rhône in drei Stunden von Basel nach Paris – und das noch im Zweistundentakt.
Beginning in late 2011 the TGV Rhin-Rhône will travel from Basel to Paris in three hours – and do that every two hours.
"Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt"
"Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time" (by the Austrian composer Robert Stolz: Film 1930, operetta 1933)
Die Taktfrequenz bezeichnet die Prozessor-Geschwindigkeit.
Clock speed denotes the processor speed [of a computer].
Der Wiener Walzer wird im Drei-Viertel-Takt getanzt, wie der Langsame Walzer.
The Viennese Waltz is danced in three-quarter time, like the Slow Waltz.

Related:
takten to clock (comput.)
der Viertaktmotor/Viertakter four-stroke engine
der Taktfahrplan timetable with departures at regular intervals
die Taktfrequenz clock speed (comput.)
das Taktgefühl sense of tact
das Taktsignal clock signal
die Taktbezeichnung time signature

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