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quarter tone
noun
, Music.
- an interval equivalent to half of a semitone.
quarter tone
noun
- music a quarter of a whole tone; a pitch interval corresponding to 50 cents measured on the well-tempered scale
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quarter tone1
First recorded in 1770–80
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