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microtonal

microtonal adjective: of, relating to, or written using microtones.

Adjective

microtonal (comparative more microtonal, superlative most microtonal)

  1. Of, relating to, or written using microtones.

Forms of microtonal

comparativemore microtonal
superlativemost microtonal

Origin of microtonal

From micro- + tonal.

Words formed from microtonal

Questions about microtonal

What does microtonal mean?
Microtonal means of, relating to, or written using microtones.
What part of speech is microtonal?
Microtonal is an adjective.

Words near microtonal in the dictionary

  1. microtomographers
  2. microtomographic
  3. microtomographs
  4. microtomography
  5. microtomy
  6. microtonal
  7. microtonalism
  8. microtonalist
  9. microtonalists
  10. microtonalities
  11. microtonality

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