home/glossary/Equal Temperament

Equal Temperament

nounid 49954·updated May 18, 2026
verified

the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Equal Temperaments
possessive
Equal Temperament's
pluralpossessive
Equal Temperaments'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.