单词 | tetratone |
释义 | > as lemmastetratone tetratone n. Brit. /ˈtɛtrətəʊn/ , U.S. /ˈtɛtrəˌtoʊn/ (also in form teˈtratonon) Music an interval containing four whole tones; an augmented fifth. [ < French tetratonon (1703 in the source translated in quot. 1740, or earlier) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek τετράτονον; compare post-classical Latin tetratonum (1501 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > fifth > augmented fifth tetratone1740 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 276 Tetratonon [Fr. tetratonon]; the superfluous fifth may be thus called, as containing four tones. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Tetratonon, the superfluous fifth. 1801 in T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music < as lemmas |
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