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noun

Apotome n.

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

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

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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