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quarter tone

noun

, Music.
  1. an interval equivalent to half of a semitone.


quarter tone

noun

  1. music a quarter of a whole tone; a pitch interval corresponding to 50 cents measured on the well-tempered scale


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quarter tone1

First recorded in 1770–80

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