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half shaft
half shell
half sister
half-size
half-slip
half sole
half-sole
half-staff
half step
half term
half tide
half-timbered
half title
half tone
half-track
half-truth
half volley
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half step
half step (plural half steps)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. U.S. music 
Same as  semitone
2. march step: a marching step that is 38 cm (15 in.) long in quick time and 46 cm (18 in.) long in double time
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