"diapason" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪəˈpeɪzən/, /daɪəˈpeɪsən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diapason.wav Forms: diapasons [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪzən, -eɪsən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin diapason, from Ancient Greek διαπασῶν (diapasôn), that is διά (diá, “through”) + πασῶν (pasôn, “all”) (χορδῶν (khordôn, “notes”)), “through all (notes)”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|diapason}} Latin diapason, {{der|en|grc|διαπασῶν}} Ancient Greek διαπασῶν (diapasôn) Head templates: {{en-noun}} diapason (plural diapasons)
  1. (music) The musical octave. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-diapason-en-noun-h8MfFQgt Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (by extension, literary) The range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument. Tags: broadly, literary Synonyms: range, scope Translations (the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument): диапазо́н (diapazón) (Russian), дијапазон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dijapazon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), діапазо́н (diapazón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-diapason-en-noun-lsrcX~VF Disambiguation of 'the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument': 5 93 1 1
  3. (music) A tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ. Categories (topical): Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-diapason-en-noun-sRQH0hz~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 9 59 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 5 66 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 6 51 20 2 5 6 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 58 23 1 3 4 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 6 65 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 9 12 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 9 60 22 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. A harmonious outpouring of sound.
    Sense id: en-diapason-en-noun-OWV1VVDD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disdiapason, open diapason, semidiapason, tridiapason

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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