diapason
diapason is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony. The fair music that all creatures made . . . In perfect diapason. Milton.
- 2.The entire compass of tones. Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man. Dryden.
- 3.A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.
- 4.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony. The fair music that all creatures made . . . In perfect diapason. Milton called?
- What is the entire compass of tones. Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man. Dryden called?
- What is a standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason called?
- What is 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 called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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