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n.
  1. Music. See semitone.
  2. A marching step of 15 inches (38 centimeters) at quick time and 18 inches (46 centimeters) at double time.

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The smallest interval that is commonly used in Western music. There are 12 half-steps in an octave.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
  Synonym: semitone


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