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whole step
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noun Music.
an interval of two semitones, as A-B or B-C♯; a major second.
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Also called wholetone .
Origin of whole step
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby whole step
wholesaling, whole shebang, whole sister, wholesome, whole-souled, whole step, wholetime, whole tone, whole-tone scale, whole wheat, wholism
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