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SESQUITONE

\sˈɛskwɪtˌə͡ʊn], \sˈɛskwɪtˌə‍ʊn], \s_ˈɛ_s_k_w_ɪ_t_ˌəʊ_n]\

Definitions of SESQUITONE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A minor third, or interval of three semitones.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A minor third, or interval of three semitones.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

ses'kwi-t[=o]n, n. (mus.) a minor third, an interval equal to a tone and a half.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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