EGAVE

semitone

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Meaning

  1. noun One of two parts, equal or unequal, in which a whole tone is divided. The semitone in 12-tone equal temperament, with frequency ratio of the twelfth root of two.
  2. noun The semitone in 12-tone equal temperament, with frequency ratio of the twelfth root of two.
  3. noun Any of the pitches of a chromatic scale.
  4. noun An interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used.

Similar words

half step diatonic halftone half tone subsemitone quarter tone half-tone hemitone demitone diminished second

Often followed by

higher and is below to in above lower or

Word family

semitones semitonic semitonically

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