semitone

 

 semitone on Wikipedia

From semi- +‎ tone.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmitoʊn/

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semitone (plural semitones)

1. (music) A musical interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used
2. (music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

• half step
• halftone

• hemitonic

• cent

• meneitos, monetise, one-times