half step
Music. semitone.
Military. a step 15 inches (38 centimeters) long in quick time and 18 inches (46 centimeters) long in double time.
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How to use half step in a sentence
Melodies are often semi-sung chants, or rely heavily on repeated notes and small step and half-step intervals.
The steel robot took a half-step toward him, and Burckhardt involuntarily checked his stride.
The Tunnel Under The World | Frederik PohlHe makes a half-step towards the burly mass of flesh, still shaking with laughter.
Somehow Good | William de MorganPeter Gross took a half-step forward to restrain her, stopped, and walked slowly back to his chair.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamForward, half step, halt, and mark time may be executed one from the other in quick or double time.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 | United States War Department
If at half step or mark time while obliquing, the oblique march is resumed by the commands: 1.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 | United States War Department
British Dictionary definitions for half-step
music, US and Canadian another word for semitone
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