WHOLE-TONE SCALE

Meaning of WHOLE-TONE SCALE in English

/hohl"tohn'/ , Music.

a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F # , G # , A \# , C.

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WHOLE-TONE SCALE — noun : a musical scale progressing by whole steps
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHOLE-TONE SCALE — ■ noun Music a scale consisting entirely of intervals of a tone, with no semitones.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHOLE-TONE SCALE — in music, scalar arrangement of pitches, each separated from the other by a whole-tone step, in contradistinction to the chromatic …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHOLE — I. ˈhōl, dial ˈhəl or with a vowel approaching ə adjective Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONE — I. ˈtōn pronoun Etymology: Middle English ton, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of thet on the one, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCALE — I. ˈskāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English scale, scole, from Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHOLE — — wholeness , n. /hohl/ , adj. 1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONE — — toneless , adj. — tonelessly , adv. — tonelessness , n. /tohn/ , n. , v. , toned, toning …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCALE — scale 1 — scaleless , adj. — scalelike , adj. /skayl/ , n. , v. , scaled, scaling . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. ˈhōl adjective Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English hāl; akin to Old High German heil …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONE — I. ˈtōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tun, ton, from Latin tonus tension, tone, from Greek tonos, literally, act …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCALE — I. ˈskāl noun Etymology: Middle English scole, scale bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse skāl; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHOLE — noun a regular combination of parts; a system. 2. whole ·adj possessing, or being in a state of, heath and …
Webster English vocab
TONE — noun tonicity; as, arterial tone. 2. tone ·noun state of mind; temper; mood. 3. tone ·vt to utter with an …
Webster English vocab
SCALE — noun a scale insect. (·see below.). 2. scale ·noun the sign or constellation libra. 3. scale ·noun a ladder; a …
Webster English vocab
WHOLE — [whole] adj [ME hool healthy, unhurt, entire, fr. OE hal; akin to OHG heil healthy, unhurt, ON heill, OCS celu] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCALE — [scale] n [ME, bowl, scale of a balance, fr. ON skal; akin to ON skel shell--more at shell] (14c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONE — in linguistics, a variation in the pitch of the voice while speaking. The word tone is usually applied to those …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCALE — in music, any graduated sequence of notes, tones, or intervals dividing what is called an octave. The specific selection of …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHOLE — / həʊl; NAmE hoʊl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] full; complete : He spent …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — / təʊn; NAmE toʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun OF VOICE 1. [ C ] the quality of sb's voice, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCALE — / skeɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun SIZE 1. [ sing. , U ] scale (of sth) the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. whole 1 S1 W1 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ whole , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONE — I. tone 1 S3 W2 /təʊn $ toʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tonus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCALE — I. scale 1 S2 W2 /skeɪl/ BrE AmE noun 1 . SIZE/LEVEL [singular, uncountable] the size or level of something, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHOLE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHOLE — adj. & n. adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONE — n. & v. n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHOLE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Oxford English vocab
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SCALE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. each of the small thin bony or horny overlapping plates protecting the skin of …
Oxford English vocab
WHOLE — ( wholes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — ( tones, toning, toned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCALE — ( scales, scaling, scaled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a full/whole week (= every day in a week ) ▪ I can't believe …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES conciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc ▪ Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. dial tone …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCALE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a scale drawing (= showing the correct relative sizes of things ) ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHOLE — [noun]Two halves make a whole (= a complete thing). [C]You must consider each problem as an aspect of the whole …
Cambridge English vocab
TONE — Synonyms and related words : French pitch, Munsell chroma, Zeitgeist, accent, accidental, achromatism, action, actions, activity, acts, adaptability, address, affect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCALE — Synonyms and related words : Danish balance, Indian file, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Roman balance, Weightometer, accommodation …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHOLE — See: ALL THE WAY or THE WHOLE WAY, GO THE WHOLE HOG, ON THE WHOLE, WITH A WHOLE SKIN or …
Slang English vocab
WHOLE — n. heart whole on the whole whole hog whole length whole number whole souled
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WHOLE — I. adjective 1. free from damage, defect, or flaw feared the eggs were broken but found them whole Synonyms: entire, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — I. noun 1 quality of a sound, esp. of the human voice ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , low ▪ hushed , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHOLE — See ↑ ALL/EVERYTHING 2, ↑ COMPLETE/NOT COMPLETE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be sb's whole life • ↑ on the whole/all …
Longman Activator English vocab
WHOLE — n. 25B6; adjective the whole report : ENTIRE, complete, full, unabridged, uncut. a whole marble mantelpiece : INTACT, in one …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — n. 25B6; noun the tone of the tuba : TIMBRE, sound, sound quality, voice, voice quality, colour, tone colour, tonality. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHOLE — adj. 1 entire, complete, uncut, full, intact, unbroken, total I can't believe she ate the whole chicken Were you here …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TONE — n. 1 sound, note Odd tones emanated from the electronic music-maker 2 stress, emphasis, force, accent, intonation, modulation, phrasing, inflection, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WHOLE — noun BAD : As a whole, I am very happy here. GOOD : On the whole, I am very happy …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WHOLE — 1. сущ. 1) все, целое I cannot tell you the whole (of it). ≈ Я не могу сказать вам всего. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) тон, звук; муз. тон deep tone ≈ низкий звук dulcet, sweet tone ≈ нежный, сладкий звук …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCALE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) собир. чешуя (рыб и т. п.) б) чешуйка 2) шелуха, тонкая пленка Syn : husk, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHOLE — whole.ogg 1. həʋl n 1. целое the whole and the parts - целое и части nature is a whole - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONE — tone.ogg 1. təʋn n 1. тон; звук low high tone - низкий высокий тон harsh gentle, sweet, silvery tone - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SCALE — scale.ogg _I 1. skeıl n 1. 1> чаш(к)а весов to turn the scale at - весить ( столько-то ) he …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONE — 1) тон 2) тембр 3) нота 4) тональный сигнал 5) цветовой тон; оттенок ( цвета ) ; полутон || тонировать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SCALE — 1) окалина; нагар; изгарь; плена; накипь 2) образовывать окалину или накипь 3) удалять окалину или накипь 4) неочищенный парафин 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TONE — 1) тон 2) тембр 3) нота 4) тональный сигнал 5) цветовой тон; оттенок (цвета); полутон || тонировать • - broken tone - busy tone - color tone - combination …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SCALE — 1) окалина; нагар; изгарь; плена; накипь 2) образовывать окалину или накипь 3) удалять окалину или накипь 4) неочищенный парафин 5) шкала 6) штриховая мера длины; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WHOLE — 1) всецелый 2) нерасчлененный 3) система 4) целевой 5) целое 6) целый 7) цельный • positive whole number — натуральное число;pl числа натурального ряда whole latex rubber — цельный …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TONE — 1) звук 2) тон 3) цветовой • audible ringing tone — сигнал контроля посылки вызова call tone volume — уровень тонального вызова - answer tone - beat …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SCALE — 1) весы 2) градуировать 3) деление 4) дозатор 5) изгарина 6) измерять масштаб 7) масштаб 8) масштабировать 9) масштабный 10) накипной 11) накипь 12) неочищенный 13) окалина 14) приводить к масштабу 15) размах 16) размер 17) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

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