Category:Semitone

Sem"i*tone, n. Etym: [pref. semi- + tone. Cf. Hemitone.] (mus.)

Defn: half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller Intervals of the diatonic scale.

Note: there is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step Is now preferred. See tone. J. S. Dwight.