equal temperament

1. 1.

   the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones

   “equal temperament is the system commonly used in keyboard instruments”

   Broadertemperament

Questions about equal temperament

What does equal temperament mean?

equal temperament means "the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones".

Is equal temperament a common word?

equal temperament is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.