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minor thirds

minor thirds is the plural of minor third.

Meaning of minor third

Noun

minor third (plural minor thirds)

  1. A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 6:5, spanning two degrees of the diatonic scale.

Questions about minor thirds

What is minor thirds the plural of?
Minor thirds is the plural of minor third.

Words near minor thirds in the dictionary

  1. minor suit
  2. minor suits
  3. minor term
  4. minor terms
  5. minor third
  6. minor thirds
  7. minor triad
  8. minor triads
  9. minor-attracted people
  10. minor-attracted person
  11. minor-attracted persons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minor thirds (page history and authors); minor third (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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