chromatic scale

noun Music.

a scale progressing entirely by semitones.

Origin of chromatic scale

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby chromatic scale

chromate, chromatic, chromatic aberration, chromatic adaptation, chromatic colour, chromatic scale, chromatic sign, chromatic vision, chromaticism, chromaticity, chromaticity coordinates

British Dictionary definitions for chromatic scale

chromatic scale

noun

a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave