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disdiapason

disdiapason noun: an interval of two octaves.

Noun

disdiapason (plural disdiapasons)

  1. (Ancient Greece) An interval of two octaves
    Synonyms:
    fifteenth, didiapason, bisdiapason

Synonyms of disdiapason

Forms of disdiapason

pluraldisdiapasons

Origin of disdiapason

From dis- + diapason.

Questions about disdiapason

What does disdiapason mean?
Disdiapason means an interval of two octaves.
What part of speech is disdiapason?
Disdiapason is a noun.
What is the plural of disdiapason?
The plural of disdiapason is disdiapasons.

Words near disdiapason in the dictionary

  1. disdeifying
  2. disdeign
  3. disdeigned
  4. disdeigning
  5. disdeigns
  6. disdiapason
  7. disdiapasons
  8. disdrometer
  9. disdrometers
  10. disdrometric
  11. disdrometry

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