enharmonic


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
enharmonic /ˌɛnhɑːˈmɒnɪk/
adjective Music relating to notes which are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g. F sharp and G flat).

■ of or having intervals smaller than a semitone (e.g. between notes such as F sharp and G flat, in systems of tuning which distinguish them).

– derivatives
enharmonically adverb.
– origin C17: via late L. from Gk enarmonikos, from en- ‘in’ + harmonia ‘harmony’.
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