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 A·pot·o·me n.
 1. Math. The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between √2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
 2. Mus The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.]
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