DIATONIC


Meaning of DIATONIC in English

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

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