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Definitions for Diapason
[1] a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
[2] the compass of a voice or instrument.
[3] a fixed standard of pitch.
[4] either of two principal timbres or stops of a pipe organ, one of full, majestic tone (open diapason) and the other of strong, flutelike tone (stopped diapason) .
[5] any of several other organ stops.
[6] a tuning fork.
[7] either of two stops (open and stopped diapason ) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
[8] the compass of an instrument or voice
[9] (chiefly in French usage) a standard pitch used for tuning, esp the now largely obsolete one of A above middle C = 435 hertz, known as diapason normal (French (djapazɔ̃ nɔrmal ) a tuning fork or pitch pipe
[10] (in classical Greece) an octave
Words related to Diapason
chant, inflection, refrain, theme, music, lyric, area, space, spectrum, field, length, scope, territory, dimension, matter, concert, chorus, ditty, harmony, jingle
Words nearby Diapason
diana complex, diandrous, dianoetic, dianoia, dianthus, diapason, diapason normal pitch, diapause, diapedesis, diapente, diaper
Origin of Diapason
1350–1400; Middle English diapasoun < Latin diapāsōn the whole octave < Greek dià pāsôn (chordôn ) through all (the notes), short for hē dià pāsôn chordôn symphōnía the concord through all the notes of the scale
Other words from Diapason
di·a·pa·son·al , adjective
sub·di·a·pa·son , noun
sub·di·a·pa·son·al , adjective
Word origin for Diapason
C14: from Latin: the whole octave, from Greek: (hē ) dia pasōn (khordōn sumphōnia ) (concord) through all (the notes), from dia through + pas all
Synonyms for Diapason
chant, inflection, lyric, music, refrain, theme, air, aria, assonance, carillon, chime, concord, consonance, descant, euphony, lay, measure, melodiousness, musicality, resonance, run, song, strain, tunefulness, unison