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HALF STEP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does half step mean?
• HALF STEP (noun)
The noun HALF STEP has 1 sense:
1. the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
Familiarity information: HALF STEP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
half step; semitone
Hypernyms ("half step" is a kind of...):
interval; musical interval (the difference in pitch between two notes)
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