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
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
