SEMITONE

semitone, half step

(noun) the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument

Source: WordNet® 3.1

semitone (plural semitones)

(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave

(music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

• half-step

• monetise, one-times

Source: Wiktionary

Sem"i*tone, n. Etym: [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone.] (Mus.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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