semitone

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of two parts, equal or unequal, in which a whole tone is divided.
  2. One of two parts, equal or unequal, in which a whole tone is divided.; The semitone in 12-tone equal temperament, with frequency ratio of the twelfth root of two.
  3. Any of the pitches of a chromatic scale. broadly
  4. An interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used.

词形变化

semitones plural

词汇关系

近义词
half step halftone
衍生词
chromatic semitone diatonic semitone semitonic subsemitone
相关词
hemitonic cent

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
English tone
English semitone
From semi- + tone.
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