half step

See also: half-step

English

Noun

half step (plural half steps)

(music, US) An interval of which there are seven in a fifth or twelve in an octave, consisting of two tones whose frequency ratio is about 1.059 or 18/17.

Synonyms

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) semitone

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