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QUARTER TONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quarter tone mean?
• QUARTER TONE (noun)
The noun QUARTER TONE has 1 sense:
1. half of a semitone
Familiarity information: QUARTER TONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Half of a semitone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
quarter-tone; quarter tone
Hypernyms ("quarter tone" is a kind of...):
interval; musical interval (the difference in pitch between two notes)
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