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Webster 1913 Edition


Tritone

Tri′toneˊ

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Noun.
[Gr.
τρίτονοσ
of three tones;
τρι-
tri- +
τόνοσ
a tone.]
(Mus.)
A superfluous or augmented fourth.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Tritone

TRI'TONE

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Noun.
[L. tres and tonus.] In music, a false concord, consisting of three tones,two major and one minor tone, or of two tones and two semitones; a dissonant interval.

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Tritone

Tritone

See also: tritone

Italian

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Tritone m

  1. Triton

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Noun

tritone (plural tritones)

  1. (music) An interval of three whole tones.
    • 2007, February 17, “Ben Ratliff”, in For Some Unmellowed Metalheads, Middle Age Is Nothing to Fear:
      The mini-epic “Seasons in the Abyss,” with its ringing tritone interval at the beginning, its extended solos, its medium tempo, was as close as Slayer got to a groove.
    The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.

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Italian

Noun

tritone m (plural tritoni)

  1. newt, triton

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