"whole tone" meaning in English

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
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      "glosses": [
        "The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though some tuning systems have a \"major tone\" of 9/8 and a \"minor tone\" of 10/9."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "music",
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        ],
        [
          "interval",
          "interval"
        ],
        [
          "meantone",
          "meantone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though some tuning systems have a \"major tone\" of 9/8 and a \"minor tone\" of 10/9."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "semitone"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tone"
        },
        {
          "word": "whole step"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
          "word": "kokosävelaskel"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
          "word": "sävelaskel"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
          "word": "kokoaskel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ganzton"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "heltone"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cały ton"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whole tone"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whole tones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "semitone"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though some tuning systems have a \"major tone\" of 9/8 and a \"minor tone\" of 10/9."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "interval",
          "interval"
        ],
        [
          "meantone",
          "meantone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though some tuning systems have a \"major tone\" of 9/8 and a \"minor tone\" of 10/9."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tone"
    },
    {
      "word": "whole step"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
      "word": "kokosävelaskel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
      "word": "sävelaskel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
      "word": "kokoaskel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ganzton"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heltone"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cały ton"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whole tone"
}