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semidiapentes

semidiapentes is the plural of semidiapente.

Meaning of semidiapente

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)

Questions about semidiapentes

What is semidiapentes the plural of?
Semidiapentes is the plural of semidiapente.

Words near semidiapentes in the dictionary

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

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