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diapentes

diapentes is the plural of diapente.

Meaning of diapente

Noun

diapente (plural diapentes)

  1. (obsolete) The interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.
  2. (obsolete) A composition of five ingredients.
    • If the horse be in good fleſh and ſpirits when taken up for its month′s preparation, the diapente muſt be omitted; and the chief buſineſs will be to give him good food, and ſo much exerciſe as will keep him in wind, without overſweating him or exhauſting his ſpirits.1816, Race-horses, method of preparing for running, entry in Encyclopædia Perthensis, 2nd Edition, Volume 18, page 571

Questions about diapentes

What is diapentes the plural of?
Diapentes is the plural of diapente.

Words near diapentes in the dictionary

  1. diapees
  2. diapensia
  3. diapensiaceous
  4. diapensias
  5. diapente
  6. diapentes
  7. diaper
  8. diaper area
  9. diaper areas
  10. diaper babies
  11. diaper baby

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