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pentatonic
adjective pen·ta·ton·ic \ˌpen-tə-ˈtä-nik\
Definition of PENTATONIC
: consisting of five tones; specifically : being or relating to a scale in which the tones are arranged like a major scale with the fourth and seventh tones omitted
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First Known Use of PENTATONIC
1864
Rhymes with PENTATONIC
catatonic, cosmogonic, diachronic, diatonic, disharmonic, electronic, embryonic, epigonic, hegemonic, histrionic, homophonic, Housatonic, hypersonic, infrasonic, inharmonic, isotonic, macaronic, megaphonic, microphonic, monophonic, monotonic, nonionic, nucleonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, plate-tectonic, polyphonic, quadraphonic, semitonic, skeletonic, Solomonic, supersonic, supertonic, telephonic, thermionic, ultrasonic
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