/meen"tohn'/ , Music.
a system for tuning keyboard instruments, used before the development of tuning by equal temperament and considered practical only for tonalities of not more than two sharps or flats.
[ 1790-1800; MEAN 3 + TONE ]
/meen"tohn'/ , Music.
a system for tuning keyboard instruments, used before the development of tuning by equal temperament and considered practical only for tonalities of not more than two sharps or flats.
[ 1790-1800; MEAN 3 + TONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012