diatonic

dia·ton·ic

adj \ˌdī-ə-ˈtä-nik\

Definition of DIATONIC

: of, relating to, or being a musical scale (as a major or minor scale) comprising intervals of five whole steps and two half steps

— dia·ton·i·cal·ly \-ˈtä-ni-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Origin of DIATONIC

Late Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos, from diatonos stretching, from diateinein to stretch out, from dia- + teinein to stretch — more at thin

First Known Use: 1694

Rhymes with DIATONIC

catatonic, cosmogonic, diachronic, disharmonic, electronic, embryonic, epigonic, hegemonic, histrionic, homophonic, Housatonic, hypersonic, infrasonic, inharmonic, isotonic, macaronic, megaphonic, microphonic, monophonic, monotonic, nonionic, nucleonic, pentatonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, plate-tectonic, polyphonic, quadraphonic, semitonic, skeletonic, Solomonic, supersonic, supertonic, telephonic, thermionic, ultrasonic