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Noun: semitone  'se-mee,town
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: half step)
  1. The musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
    "The distance between E and F is a semitone";
    - half step [N. Amer]

Derived forms: semitones

Type of: interval, musical interval

Encyclopedia: Semitone