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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
semitone/ˈsemitəʊn/

▶noun Music, Brit. the smallest interval used in classical Western music, equal to a twelfth of an octave or half a tone.

'semitone' also found in these Oxford entries:

augment - cent - diminish - enharmonic - fifth - flat - flatten - fourth - half step - half-tone - hexachord - major - microtone - minor - quarter tone - sharp - step - third

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