quarter tone


nounMusic.
  1. an interval equivalent to half of a semitone.

Origin of quarter tone

1
First recorded in 1770–80

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British Dictionary definitions for quarter tone

quarter tone

noun
  1. music a quarter of a whole tone; a pitch interval corresponding to 50 cents measured on the well-tempered scale

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