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parhypates

parhypates is the plural of parhypate.

Meaning of parhypate

Noun

parhypate (plural parhypates)

  1. (musical pitch) In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the lichanos and higher than the hypate.

Questions about parhypates

What is parhypates the plural of?
Parhypates is the plural of parhypate.

Words near parhypates in the dictionary

  1. parhelions
  2. parhelium
  3. parholaspidid
  4. parholaspidids
  5. parhypate
  6. parhypates
  7. pari
  8. pari passu
  9. pari-
  10. Pari-an
  11. pari-mutuel

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