adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ d ī - ə - ' tä-nik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos, from diatonos stretching, from diateinein to stretch out, from dia- + teinein to stretch ― more at THIN
Date: 1694
: of, relating to, or being a musical scale (as a major or minor scale) comprising intervals of five whole steps and two half steps
– dia · ton · i · cal · ly \ - ' tä-ni-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb