Diapason Definition

dīə-pāzən, -sən
noun
A full, rich outpouring of harmonious sound.
American Heritage
The entire range of a musical instrument or voice.
Webster's New World
The entire range of some activity, emotion, etc.
Webster's New World
One of the principal stops of an organ, covering the instrument's complete range and producing its characteristic tone quality.
Webster's New World
A swelling burst of harmony.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • diapason stop

Other Word Forms of Diapason

Noun

Singular:
diapason
Plural:
diapasons

Origin of Diapason

  • Middle English diapasoun from Latin diapāsōn the whole octave from Greek dia pāsōn (khordōn) through all (the notes) dia through dia– pāsōn feminine genitive pl. of pās every pant- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin diapason, from Ancient Greek διαπασων (diapasōn), that is διά (dia) + πασων (pasōn) (χορδων (khordōn)) ‘through all (notes)’.

    From Wiktionary

Diapason Sentence Examples

  • This is about a semitone below the Diapason Normal, and a just minor third lower than the St Jacobi organ in the same city (1688), measured by Herr Schmahl, a' 489.2.

  • But Zarlino uncompromisingly declared that the syntonous or intense diatonic scale was the only form that could reasonably be sung; and in proof of its perfection he exhibited the exact arrangement of its various diatonic intervals, to the fifth inclusive, in every part of the diapason or octave.

  • Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley (vide Ellis's lecture) regarded the French ton de chapelle as being about a minor third below the Diapason Normal, a' 435, and said that most of the untouched organs in the French cathedrals were at this low pitch.

  • But the Philharmonic Society adopted the Diapason Normal in 1896, and the military bands have not gone with it.

  • Other countries have gradually followed, and, with few exceptions, the low pitch derived from the Diapason Normal may be said to prevail throughout the musical world.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIA

Words Ending With

NONSON

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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