different between semitone vs continuum

English

Etymology

semi- +? tone

Noun

semitone (plural semitones)

1. (music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
2. (music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

Synonyms

• half step
• halftone

Translations

See also

• cent

Anagrams

• meneitos, monetise, one-times

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contine? (“contain, enclose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?nju?m/

Noun

continuum (plural continuums or continua)

1. A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
2. A continuous extent.
3. (mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
4. (music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹?₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

Synonyms

• (set of real numbers): ? (translingual)

Derived terms

• continuum hypothesis
• continuum mechanics
• continuum theory
• dialect continuum
• discontinuum

Related terms

• continuous

Translations

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kontinu.um/, [?ko?n?t?i?nu.um]
• Syllabification: con?ti?nu?um

Noun

continuum

1. (music) continuum (type of electronic instrument)

Declension

Latin

Adjective

continuum

1. nominative neuter singular of continuus
2. accusative masculine singular of continuus
3. accusative neuter singular of continuus
4. vocative neuter singular of continuus

References

• continuum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuum.

Noun

continuum m (plural continuuns or continua)

1. continuum (series where neighbouring elements are very similar, but distant elements are very different)

Related terms

• contínuo