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enharmonic

Syllabification: (en·har·mon·ic)

Pronunciation: /ˌenhärˈmänik/

Definition of enharmonic

adjective

Music

of or relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).
of or having intervals smaller than a semitone (e.g., between notes such as F sharp and G flat, in systems of tuning that distinguish them).

Derivatives

enharmonically

Origin:

early 17th century (designating ancient Greek music based on a tetrachord divided into two quartertones and a major third): via late Latin from Greek enarmonikos, from en- 'in' + harmonia 'harmony'