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单词 ditone
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ditonen.

/ˈdʌɪtəʊn/
Etymology: < Greek δίτονον the ancient major third, neuter of δίτονος , < δι- , di- comb. form + τόνος tone n.
Music.
An interval containing two whole tones; a major third; esp. the Pythagorean major third in ancient Greek music, consisting of two major tones (ratio 81:64).
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ditone1609
1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 18 A Ditone is a perfect third: so called, because it containes..two Tones.
1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony vi. 129 In the Enharmonic Kind [the Ancients used] only Diesis, or Quarter of a Tone, and Ditone; as the Degrees whereby they made the Tetrachord.
1818 Gentleman's Mag. May 416/1 The Enharmonic [Scale proceeded] by the semitone and ditones (or combinations of two whole tones).

Derivatives

diˈtonean adj. Obsolete containing a ditone. Obsolete.
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ditonean1728
1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 20 The Ditonean scale as they used it is not without this fault.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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