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Webster 1913 Edition
Apotome
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A-pot′o-me
(ȧ-pŏt′ō̍-mē̍)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ἀποτομή
a cutting off, fr. ἀποτέμνειν
to cut off; ἀπό
from + τέμνειν
to cut.] 1.
(Math.)
The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between √2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
2.
(Mus)
The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
[Obs.]