English Explanatory Dictionary

limma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone. Most commonly referrs to the diatonic semitone or minor second, which has a ratio of approximately 16/15 or 27/25 in meantone temperaments or 256/243 in Pythagorean tuning.

Word forms

limma limmas leimma

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limma.

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