dia'pasonal
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diapason (ˌdaɪəˈpeɪzən, -ˈpeɪsən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour |
| 2. | the compass of an instrument or voice |
| 3. | chiefly in French usage |
| a. a standard pitch used for tuning, esp the now largely obsolete one of A above middle C = 435 hertz, known as diapason normal (French() | |
| b. a tuning fork or pitch pipe | |
| 4. | (in classical Greece) an octave |
| [C14: from Latin: the whole octave, from Greek: (hē) dia pasōn (khordōn sumphōnia) (concord) through all (the notes), from dia through + pas all] | |
| dia'pasonal | |
| —adj | |
| diapasonic | |
| —adj | |
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