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hyperbolaeon

hyperbolaeon noun: the highest tetrachord.

Noun

hyperbolaeon

  1. The highest tetrachord.
    • Trite, the third; as, Trite Hyperbolaeon, the third string, reckoning from the top of the hyperbolaeon or highest tetrachord; […]1835, W. Wilson, A new Dictionary of Music, page 278
    • In the middle range, place first at the extreme ends the vessels which give the note of the chromatic hyperbolaeon; next to them, those which give the chromatic diezeugmenon, a fourth below; third, the chromatic synhemmenon; fourth, the chromatic meson, a fourth below; fifth, the chromatic hypaton...1914, Vitruvius (translated by Morris Hicky Morgan), Ten Books on Architecture

Questions about hyperbolaeon

What does hyperbolaeon mean?
Hyperbolaeon means the highest tetrachord.
What part of speech is hyperbolaeon?
Hyperbolaeon is a noun.

Words near hyperbolaeon in the dictionary

  1. hyperblebbing
  2. hyperblebs
  3. hyperblock
  4. hyperbola
  5. hyperbolae
  6. hyperbolaeon
  7. hyperbolas
  8. hyperbole
  9. hyperboles
  10. hyperbolic
  11. hyperbolic angle

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