释义 |
apot·o·me \əˈpäd.ə(ˌ)mē\ noun (-s) Etymology: Greek apotomē, literally, cutting off, from apotemnein to cut off, from apo- + temnein to cut — more at contemn in Greek music : the interval of a semitone in the Pythagorean scale that is slightly greater than half a whole tone and is equal to the difference between the tetrachord and two whole tones |