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Definition of quarter-tone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quarter-tone

noun

/ˈkwɔːtə təʊn/

/ˈkwɔːrtər təʊn/

(music)

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a quarter of a tone on a musical scale, for example half of the interval (= the difference) between the notes E and F

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