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semitonic

semitonic adjective: of or pertaining to a semitone.

Adjective

semitonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a semitone.
    • semitonic interval
    • semitonic scale
    Synonyms:
    semitonal

Synonyms of semitonic

Origin of semitonic

From semitone + -ic.

Words formed from semitonic

Questions about semitonic

What does semitonic mean?
Semitonic means of or pertaining to a semitone.
What part of speech is semitonic?
Semitonic is an adjective.

Words near semitonic in the dictionary

  1. Semitology
  2. semitonal
  3. semitonally
  4. semitone
  5. semitones
  6. semitonic
  7. semitonically
  8. semitontine
  9. semitopological
  10. semitoroid
  11. semitoroidal

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