tritone
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3VERB + TRITONE
appeared, like, ringing, use
TRITONE + NOUN
crepe, interval, pitch, substitutions
PREP.
with
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noun
An interval of three whole tones.
Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth
The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.
noun
A picture printed in three shades.
In Photoshop’s Duotone mode you can create monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones—grayscale images to which you add one, two, three, or four colors.
When using tritones or quadtones (in which three colours are blended together) all the secondary colours are mixed together.
adj
Having three tones.
The first cotume^([sic]) in which Mrs. Earle appeared was a tritone dress of crepe, with a brown velour cloche and brown calf sling pumps.
Fortrel-and-rayon-linen tritone dress, with drawstring waist.
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6Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth
WiktionaryThe tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.
WiktionaryThe mini-epic “Seasons in the Abyss,” with its ringing tritone interval at the beginning, its extended solos, its medium tempo, was as close as Slayer got to a groove.
WiktionaryIn Photoshop’s Duotone mode you can create monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones—grayscale images to which you add one, two, three, or four colors.
WiktionaryWhen using tritones or quadtones (in which three colours are blended together) all the secondary colours are mixed together.
WiktionaryThe two colours need not be black and grey; computer duotones can be created from a greyscale original in any two colours; tritones use three inks and quadtones four.
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