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单词 demi-tone
释义

demi-tonen.

Etymology: demi- prefix 9, 11: compare French demiton.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdemi-tone.
? Obsolete.
a. Painting. = demi-tint n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > half-tint
mezzotint1738
demi-tint1753
demi-tone1812
1812 R. H. in Examiner 4 May 283/1 The yellowish grey demi-tone which covers the trees across the middle of the canvass.
b. Music. = semitone n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > semitone
semitone1486
semitune1486
half-note1597
demitune1598
bemol1626
half-tone1651
hemitone1694
feint1730
demi-tone1828
subtone1829
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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