EQUAL TEMPERAMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equal temperament mean? 

• EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (noun)
  The noun EQUAL TEMPERAMENT has 1 sense:

1. the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones

  Familiarity information: EQUAL TEMPERAMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

equal temperament is the system commonly used in keyboard instruments

Hypernyms ("equal temperament" is a kind of...):

temperament (an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys)