Definition of diapasons Diapasons
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What does diapasons mean?
Wiktionary 
- diapasons (Noun)
Plural of diapason.
Part of speech
🔤- diapasons, noun, plural of diapason.
WordNet
NounPlural: diapasons |
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| diapason - either of the two main stops on a pipe organ | ||
| diapason stop | ||
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Wiktionary
- diapason (Noun)
The range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- diapason (n.)
The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale. - diapason (n.)
Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony. - diapason (n.)
The entire compass of tones. - diapason (n.)
A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason. - diapason (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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diapason
dī-a-pā′zon, n. a whole octave: a harmony: a full volume of various sounds in concord: correct pitch: the two foundation-stops of an organ (open and stopped diapason)—(Spens.) Dī′apase. [Gr. dia, through, and pasōn, gen. pl. of pas, all—part of the Gr. phrase, dia pasōn chordōn symphōnia, concord through all the notes.]
Part of speech
🔤- diapason, noun, singular of diapasons.
