Diatonic
Diatonic (dī`ȧ*ton"ik) , adjective
[Latin diatonicus, diatonus, Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to stretch out; dia` through + {not transcribed} to stretch: compare French diatonique. See Tone.]
(Music) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first.
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Diatonic scale (Music) , a scale consisting of eight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguished from the chromatic scale.