Usually means: Interval of two semitones apart.
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  1. whole tone: Merriam-Webster
  2. whole tone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whole tone: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (whole tone)

noun:  (music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.

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