WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
chromat′ic scale′, [Music.]
  1. Music and Dancea scale progressing entirely by semitones.
  • 1780–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chromatic scale
  1. a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
'chromatic scale' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
chromatic - di - tone row - twelve-tone - valve

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