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pentatone

pentatone noun: an augmented sixth.

Noun

pentatone (plural pentatones)

  1. An augmented sixth

Forms of pentatone

pluralpentatones

Origin of pentatone

From penta- + tone.

Questions about pentatone

What does pentatone mean?
Pentatone means an augmented sixth.
What part of speech is pentatone?
Pentatone is a noun.
What is the plural of pentatone?
The plural of pentatone is pentatones.

Words near pentatone in the dictionary

  1. pentatomoids
  2. pentatomomorph
  3. pentatomomorphan
  4. pentatomomorphans
  5. pentatomomorphs
  6. pentatone
  7. pentatones
  8. pentatonic
  9. pentatonic scale
  10. pentatonic scales
  11. pentatonically

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