Definition of diapason

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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..

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Diapason :: Diapason (n.) A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason..
Principal :: Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) The entire compass of tones.
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale..
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..
Semidiapason :: Semidiapason (n.) An imperfect octave.
Disdiapason :: Disdiapason (n.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason..
Diapase :: Diapase (n.) Same as Diapason.
Tridiapason :: Tridiapason (n.) A triple octave, or twenty-second..
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony..
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