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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Chromatic \Chro*mat"ic\, a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. ?, suited for
     color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the
     skin.]
     1. Relating to color, or to colors.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or
        semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals
        of the diatonic scale.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The intermediate tones were formerly written and
           printed in colors.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Chromatic aberration. (Opt.) See Aberration, 4.
  
     Chromatic printing, printing from type or blocks covered
        with inks of various colors.
  
     Chromatic scale (Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen
        tones, including the eight scale tones and the five
        intermediate tones.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Chromatic \Chro*mat"ic\, a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. ?, suited for
     color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the
     skin.]
     1. Relating to color, or to colors.
  
     2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or
        semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals
        of the diatonic scale.
  
     Note: The intermediate tones were formerly written and
           printed in colors.
  
     Chromatic aberration. (Opt.) See Aberration, 4.
  
     Chromatic printing, printing from type or blocks covered
        with inks of various colors.
  
     Chromatic scale (Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen
        tones, including the eight scale tones and the five
        intermediate tones.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  chromatic scale
       n : a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  chromatic scale
     n.
     (lb en music) A scale including all twelve semitones in an octave.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  chromatic scale
     n.
     (lb en music) A scale including all twelve semitones in an octave.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  chromatic scale
     n.
     (lb en music) A scale including all twelve semitones in an octave.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  chromatic scale
     n.
     (lb en music) A scale including all twelve semitones in an octave.

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  chromatic scale /kɹəʊmˈatɪk skˈeɪl/ 
  kromaattinen asteikko
  a scale including all twelve semitones in an octave

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  chromatic scale /kɹəʊmˈatɪk skˈeɪl/
  1. kromatikus skála
  2. kromatikus hangsor

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  chromatic scale /kɹəʊmˈatɪk skˈeɪl/ 
  半音階
  a scale including all twelve semitones in an octave

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