Definition of apotome

• n. - The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between Ã2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
• n. - The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
• n. - The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between Ã2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
• n. - The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.