For the song, see Tao of the Dead. Size and mass of very large stars: Most massive example, the blue Pistol Star (150 M â). Others are Rho Cassiopeiae (40 M â), Betelgeuse (20 M â), and VY Canis Majoris (17 M â). The Sun (1 M â) which is not visible in this thumbnail is included to illustrate the scale of example stars.
Full Definition of SEMITONE. : the tone at a half step; also: half step. â semiÂ·tonÂ·ic \Ëse-mÄ-Ëtae-ËtÃ¤, nik-Ëse-, -ËmÄ«-\ mi. â adjectiveÂ·semiÂ·tonÂ·iÂ·cal \-ly-ni(k-)É\ lÄ. Adverb see semitone defined For-english language. Learners see semitone defined for. kidsull Definition of SEMITONE. : the tone at a half step; also: half step. â semiÂ·tonÂ·ic \Ëse-mÄ-Ëtae-ËtÃ¤, nik-Ëse-, -ËmÄ«-\ mi. â adjectiveÂ·semiÂ·tonÂ·iÂ·cal \-ly-ni(k-)É\ lÄ. Adverb see semitone defined For-english language. learners
In music theory, a distinction is made between a diatonic semitone, or minor second (an interval encompassing two staff positions, e.g. from C to D â­) and a chromatic semitone or augmented unison (an interval between two notes at the same staff position, e.g. from C to C â¯).t is also called a chromatic semitone. The augmented unison is abbreviated A1, or aug 1. Its inversion is the diminished octave (d8, or dim 8). The augmented unison is also the inversion of the augmented octave, because the interval of the diminished unison does not exist.