Found 2 items, similar to semitone.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: semitone semitone n : the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument [syn: half step]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Semitone Semitone \Sem"i*tone\, n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone.] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. [1913 Webster] Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See Tone. --J. S. Dwight. [1913 Webster]