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
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
