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Diatonicism
has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| given to using long words. |
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| diatonic (ˌdaɪəˈtɒnɪk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | Compare chromatic of, relating to, or based upon any scale of five tones and two semitones produced by playing the white keys of a keyboard instrument, esp the natural major or minor scales forming the basis of the key system in Western music |
| 2. | not involving the sharpening or flattening of the notes of the major or minor scale nor the use of such notes as modified by accidentals |
| [C16: from Late Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos, from diatonos extending, from diateinein to stretch out, from | |
| dia'tonically | |
| —adv | |
| diatonicism | |
| —n | |
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