What is the remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.] called?
apotome — (Mus) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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