Apotome Definition

noun

(mathematics) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between 1 and the square root of 2, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

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(music) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.

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Other Word Forms of Apotome

Noun

Singular:
apotome
Plural:
apotomes

Origin of Apotome

  • Ancient Greek ἀποτομή (apotomē, “cutting off”).

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