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half step

noun

  1. Music.,  semitone.

  2. Military.,  a step 15 inches (38 centimeters) long in quick time and 18 inches (46 centimeters) long in double time.

half-step

noun

  1. music another word for semitone

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of half-step1

First recorded in 1900–05
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