tritone

[ trahy-tohn ]

noun

, Music.

1. an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.

tritone

/ ˈtraɪˌtəʊn /

noun

1. a musical interval consisting of three whole tones; augmented fourth

Word History and Origins

Origin of tritone¹

1600–10; < Medieval Latin tritonus < Greek trítonos having three tones. See tri-, tone

Example Sentences

I went by tram—M. Virgo and the children escorted me to the bottom of the Via Tritone, and started me.

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Even the Fountain of the Tritone hung all over with long spears and pendicles of ice.

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He gave the cabman her address and went away on foot down the crowded Tritone towards the city.

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