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Definitions for diapason
ˌdaɪ əˈpeɪ zən, -səndi·a·pa·son

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diapason, diapason stopnoun

    either of the two main stops on a pipe organ

Wiktionary

  1. diapasonnoun

    the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument

  2. Etymology: diapason, from διαπασων, that is διά + πασων (χορδων) ‘through all (notes)’.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Diapasonnoun

    Diapason denotes a chord which includes all tones: it is the same with that we call an eighth, or an octave; because there are but seven tones or notes, and then the eighth is the same again with the first. John Harris

    Etymology: διὰπαζῶν.

    It discovereth the true coincidence of sounds into diapasons, which is the return of the same sound. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

    Harsh din
    Broke the fair musick that all creatures made
    To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway’d
    In perfect diapason, whilst they stood
    In first obedience, and their state of good. John Milton.

    Many a sweet rise, many as sweet a fall,
    A full-mouth diapason swallows all. Richard Crashaw.

    From harmony, from heav’nly harmony,
    This universal frame began:
    From harmony to harmony
    Through all the compass of the notes it ran,
    The diapason closing full in man. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. diapasón

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  1. diapason

    Diapason generally refers to the entire range or scope of something, particularly in music, where it denotes a full range of harmonious notes that can be played on a certain instrument or sung by a specific voice type. It originally also refers to the principal stop of an organ.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diapasonnoun

    the octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale

  2. Diapasonnoun

    concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony

  3. Diapasonnoun

    the entire compass of tones

  4. Diapasonnoun

    a standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason

  5. Diapasonnoun

    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

  6. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. diapasw^n (i. e., "h dia` pasw^n chordw^n symfoni`a the concord of the first and last notes, the octave); dia` through + pasw^n, gen. pl. of pa^s all: cf. F. diapason. Cf. Panacea.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of diapason in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of diapason in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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