tritone
See also: Tritone
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trī'tōn IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/
- (General American) enPR: trī'tōn, IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪˌtoʊn/, [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪˌtʰoʊ̯n], [ˈt̠͡ʃɹ̠̊˔ʷäɪˌtʰoʊ̯n]
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tritonus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίτονος (trítonos). By surface analysis, tri- + tone.
Noun edit
tritone (plural tritones)
- (music) An interval of three whole tones.
- Synonyms: devil's interval, diabolus in musica, diabolus
- Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth
- The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.
- 2007 February 17, Ben Ratliff, “For Some Unmellowed Metalheads, Middle Age Is Nothing to Fear”, in New York Times[1]:
- The mini-epic “Seasons in the Abyss,” with its ringing tritone interval at the beginning, its extended solos, its medium tempo, was as close as Slayer got to a groove.
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an interval of three whole tones
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Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
tritone (plural tritones)
- A picture printed in three shades.
- 1995, Adele Droblas Greenberg, Seth Greenberg, “Converting from One Mode to Another”, in Fundamental Photoshop, 2nd edition, Osborne McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 380:
- In Photoshop’s Duotone mode you can create monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones—grayscale images to which you add one, two, three, or four colors.
Adjective edit
tritone (not comparable)
- Having three tones.
- Synonym: tritoned
- 1979, “Killy Triple Gold Jackets”, in Christmas Wish Book, page 360:
- Tritone jacket has contrast nylon inserts. 80(Blue/Red/Wht.), 38(Beige/Navy/Red).
- 2013, Alexandra Horowitz, “Minding Our Qs”, in On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes, Scribner, →ISBN, pages 69–70:
- It is hard to believe that today’s signs may be tomorrow’s beloved ghosts, but sure as my 1970’s polyester tritone shirt and my plebeian 1964 Volvo are now “classics,” it will likely be so.
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tritone m (plural tritoni)