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enharmonically

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en⋅har⋅mon⋅ic

[en-hahr-mon-ik]
–adjective Music.
having the same pitch in the tempered scale but written in different notation, as G sharp and A flat.

Origin:
1590–1600; < LL enharmonicus < Gk enarmónios (-icus r. -ios), equiv. to en- en- 1 + harmoní(a) harmony + -os adj. suffix


en⋅har⋅mon⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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en·har·mon·ic   (ěn'här-mŏn'ĭk)   
adj.   Music
Of, relating to, or involving tones that are identical in pitch but are written differently according to the key in which they occur, as C sharp and D flat, for example.

[Late Latin enharmonicus, from Greek enarmonios : en-, in; see en-2 + harmoniā, harmony; see harmony.]
en'har·mon'i·cal·ly adv.
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