bitonal

That has two tonic centres simultaneously

Adjective

  1. That has two tonic centres simultaneously
  2. Of or pertaining to bitonality
  3. Of two tones, or shades of colour.
    • Near-synonyms: binary, 1-bit
    • bitonal image
    • So there we were, this black bro' frisks me down with his bitonal paw and relieves me of my wallet. - 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:

    Synonyms: binary 1-bit

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English tonal English bitonal From bi- + tonal.

Derived

bitonalism bitonally