meantone

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Synonyms: mentone, cantone, meantime, menton, peastone, memantine, pantone, pentone, manton, mearstone, mangone

Antonyms: mentone, cantone, meantime, menton, peastone, memantine, pantone, pentone, manton, mearstone, mangone

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|music}} A [[musical]] [[temperament]] that generates all non-[[octave]] [[interval]]s from a stack of identical [[perfect fifth]]s all tuned [[flat]] from their [[just]] ratio of 3/2. When the amount of flattening makes the major and minor thirds appropriate sizes, the [[syntonic comma]] is tempered out to a [[unison]].

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