Definitions
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- adj. Of or pertaining to a semitone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone or of semitones.
Etymologies
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semitone + -ic
Examples
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At times diction may assume what may be called a _pathetic drift_, and for the suitable interpretation of this drift semitonic intervals may be used, and the mode of progression cease for a space to be diatonic and become semitonic, or _chromatic_, as it is called.
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