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microtonalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-cro-tonal-ism
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of microtones in music.

Uncountable

Etymology

From microtonal + -ism.

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Questions

What does microtonalism mean?
The use of microtones in music.
Where does microtonalism come from?
From microtonal + -ism.

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