adjective Music.
- having the same pitch in the tempered scale but written in different notation, as G sharp and A flat.
adjective music
- denoting or relating to a small difference in pitch between two notes such as A flat and G sharp: not present in instruments of equal temperament such as the piano, but significant in the intonation of stringed and wind instruments
- denoting or relating to enharmonic modulation
c.1600, from Late Latin enharmonicus, from Greek enharmonikos, from en (see en- (2)) + harmonikos (see harmonic).