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Webster 1913 Edition

Tritone

Tri′toneˊ

,

Noun.

[Gr.

τρίτονοσ

of three tones;

τρι-

tri- +

τόνοσ

a tone.]

(Mus.)

A superfluous or augmented fourth.

[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Tritone

TRI'TONE

,

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.