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Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.

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  1. n. Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
  2. n. the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
  3. word/half">Half a word/tone">tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See Tone. J. S. Dwight.
  4. Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smallerintervals of the diatonic scale.
  5. n. the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument