noun.
In music: In Greek music, a modification of the usual diatonic scale.
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The sign by which a note is raised or lowered a semitone; a sharp, ♯, or a flat, ♭.
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An eighth-note or quaver, ♪. See croma.
noun.
A semitone or half-step, whether large or small. See semitone.
noun.
In rhetoric, a figure of speech which consists in speaking so as not to offend the hearer.
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The degree of departure of a color-sensation from that of white or gray; the intensity of distinctive hue; color-intensity.
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[capitalized] [NL.] In entomology, a genus of lepidopterous insects.
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A double sharp, ×, or double flat, d♭.