equal temperament

English

Noun

equal temperament (uncountable)

1. (music theory) A tuning system in which every interval, as a ratio of frequencies) is some exactly positive integral power of some smallest, other than the unison, base interval. In particular:
   1. Twelve-tone equal temperament: The European semi-harmonic interval compromise among the chromatic notes.

Derived terms

• equal-tempered

Translations

a tuning system...

• Czech: rovnoměrná temperatura f
• Estonian: rahulik iseloom
• Finnish: tasaviritys
• French: gamme tempérée, gamme au tempérament égal, tempérament égal
• Italian: temperamento equabile
• Norwegian: likestemming (no) m or f
• Portuguese: temperamento igual
• Spanish: temperamento igual m

Further reading

• equal temperament on Wikipedia.Wikipedia