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–noun Music.
an interval of two semitones, as A-B or B-C♯; a major second.
Also called wholetone.

Origin:
1895–1900
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whole tone

An interval between musical notes. Do and re are a whole tone apart, as are re and mi, fa and sol, sol and la, and la and ti.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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