Definition of Diminished fifth

1. Noun. (music) A type of tritone in musical composition comprising of six semitones. It spans five diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fifth but narrower by a semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from an augmented fourth. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Diminished Fifth

dimications
dimictic
dimidiate
dimidiate hermaphroditism
dimidiated
dimidiates
dimidiating
dimidiation
diminazen
diminazene
diming
diminish
diminishable
diminished
diminished arch
diminished fifth (current term)
diminished fifths
diminished fourth
diminished fourths
diminished interval
diminished intervals
diminished ninth
diminished ninths
diminished octave
diminished octaves
diminished radix complement
diminished second
diminished seconds
diminished seventh
diminished seventh chord

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