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semitone |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Semitone \Sem"i*tone\, n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF {Hemitone}.] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word and half step is now preferred. See {Tone}. --J. S. Dwight. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: semitone n : the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument [syn: {half step}]
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