Definition of "whole tone" []

• The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones or two-twelfths of an octave (noun)

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• "But the whole tone of it, especially the last sentiment – paraloke anāsavā – is that of the laity's point of view."
• "There is no reason he should have done so; indeed, it Would have been inconsistent with the whole tone of the conference (at which Schlabrendorff was not present).]"