DIAPASON
\dˈa͡ɪəpˌasən], \dˈaɪəpˌasən], \d_ˈaɪ_ə_p_ˌa_s_ə_n]\
Definitions of DIAPASON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale.
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The entire compass of tones.
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A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.
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One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like.
By Oddity Software
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The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale.
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The entire compass of tones.
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A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.
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One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A principal stop in a pipe organ, characterized by fulness and richness of tone.
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Comprehensive or fundamental harmony; accord.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Greek] The octave or interval which includes all the tones;—concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony;—the entire compass of tones;—one of the stops in the organ, so called because it extends through the whole scale of the instrument.
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