double sharp

American  

noun

Music.

1. a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.

2. a note or tone marked or affected by such a symbol.

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double sharp British  

noun

1. music

   1. an accidental that raises the pitch of the following note by two semitones

   2. a note affected by this accidental

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adjective

1. (immediately postpositive) denoting a note of a given letter name raised in pitch by two semitones

Example Sentences

A note can also be double sharp or double flat.

From Literature

The double sharp was felt by him to be unsatisfactory, and was sacrificed.

From Project Gutenberg

Not only all the natural or diatonic notes are regarded as belonging to a key, but also all the chromatics, the sharps and flats, and the double sharps and double flats.

From Project Gutenberg

The double sharp is made either thus or *, the first form being at present the more common.

From Project Gutenberg

Notice that you can't avoid double sharps or double flats by writing the note on a different space or line.

From Literature