SEMITONE


Meaning of SEMITONE in English

— semitonic /sem'ee ton"ik, sem'uy-/ , semitonal /sem'ee tohn"l, sem'uy-/ , adj. — semitonally , adv.

/sem"ee tohn', sem"uy-/ , n. Music.

a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones. Also called half step, half tone .

[ 1600-10; SEMI- + TONE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .