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semidiapente

US/ˌsɛmiˌdaɪəˈpɛnti/

semidiapente noun: a diminished fifth.

Noun

semidiapente (plural semidiapentes)

  1. (archaic) A diminished fifth.
    • It will have its true ratio from the tritone and the major semitone, but not from that of the semidiapente and the minor semitone, as the next calculation shows.2003, Vincenzo Galilei, Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music (translated from Italian by Claude V. Palisca)

Forms of semidiapente

pluralsemidiapentes

Origin of semidiapente

From semi- + diapente.

Questions about semidiapente

What does semidiapente mean?
Semidiapente means a diminished fifth.
What part of speech is semidiapente?
Semidiapente is a noun.
How do you pronounce semidiapente?
Semidiapente is pronounced /ˌsɛmiˌdaɪəˈpɛnti/ (US).
What is the plural of semidiapente?
The plural of semidiapente is semidiapentes.

Words near semidiapente in the dictionary

  1. semidialectal
  2. semidiameter
  3. semidiameters
  4. semidiapason
  5. semidiapasons
  6. semidiapente
  7. semidiapentes
  8. semidiaphaneity
  9. semidiaphanous
  10. semidiatessaron
  11. semidiatessarons

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