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semitone
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SEMITONE
n.[semi and tone. ] In music, half a tone; an interval of sound, as between mi and fa on the diatonic scale, which is only half the distance of an interval between ut and re, or sol and la. It is the smallest interval admitted in modern.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SEMITONE
Sem "i *tone, n. Etym: [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone. ] (Mus. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
semitone
sem i tone |ˈsemēˌtōn, ˈsemˌī -ˈsɛmiˌtoʊn | ▶noun Music the smallest interval used in classical Western music, equal to a twelfth of an octave or half a tone; a half step.
Oxford Dictionary
semitone
semi |tone |ˈsɛmɪtəʊn | ▶noun Music, Brit. the smallest interval used in classical Western music, equal to a twelfth of an octave or half a tone; a half step.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
semitone
s é mi t ò ne 名詞 C ｟英 ｠〘楽 〙半音 (｟米 ｠half step, halftone ).
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