diesis
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| —n , pl -ses | |
| 1. | printing another name for double dagger |
| 2. | music |
| a. (in ancient Greek theory) any interval smaller than a whole tone, esp a semitone in the Pythagorean scale | |
| b. (in modern theory) the discrepancy of pitch in just intonation between an octave and either a succession of four ascending minor thirds (great diesis), or a succession of three ascending major thirds (minor diesis) | |
| [C16: via Latin from Greek: a quarter tone, literally: a sending through, from diienai; the double dagger was originally used in musical notation] | |
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Diesis
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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