half tone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of half tone
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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Sometimes, as in “September 2006,” the road is clear and the progress steady: about a half tone every 20 seconds, to span two octaves.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014
Wispelwey has done it at 397 hertz, a full tone below the modern A tuning, and a semitone, or half tone, below the usual baroque A which is 415 hertz.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2013
Enter it did: a half tone flat, since it was tuned to British rather than Viennese pitch.
From Time Magazine Archive
In France, U.S.O. entertainers claimed to have discovered that the Nazis had tuned all French pianos one half tone low.*
From Time Magazine Archive
"Three Colour Process" is more or less an application of half tone engraving to chromo-typography.
From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Kirkbride, Joseph
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