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diatonic

Main Entry:: dia·ton·ic
Pronunciation:: \ˌdī-ə-ˈtä-nik\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Late Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos, from diatonos stretching, from diateinein to stretch out, from dia- + teinein to stretch — more at thin
Date:: 1694

: 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

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\-ˈtä-ni-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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