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单词 mesotonic
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mesotonicadj.

Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meso- comb. form, tonic adj.
Etymology: < meso- comb. form + tonic adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mesotǫ·nik) /mɛsəʊˈtɒnɪk/.
Music. Obsolete. rare.
Designating or relating to the mean tone (see mean tone n.).
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mesotonic1864
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1864 A. J. Ellis in Proc. Royal Soc. 13 408 This is known as the System of Mean Tones, or the Mesotonic System, as it will be here termed.
1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 103 To extend Mesotonic or Mean tone tuning to the keys of E flat and A flat major.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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