transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdī-ə-ˈtä-nik ]
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 -ˈtä-ni-k(ə-)lē adverb