Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In music, a minor third—that is, an interval equal to a tone and a half.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun music A minor third, or interval of three semitones.

Etymologies

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sesqui- +‎ tone

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