"diastole" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪˈæstəli/ Forms: diastoles [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”), from διά (diá, “apart”) + στέλλειν (stéllein, “send”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|διαστολή||separation, drawing asunder}} Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} diastole (usually uncountable, plural diastoles)
  1. (chiefly uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physiology Translations (relaxation of the heart): اِنْبِسَاط (inbisāṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), diàstole [feminine] (Catalan), diastole [common-gender] (Danish), დიასტოლა (diasṭola) (Georgian), Diastole [feminine] (German), Herzerschlaffung [feminine] (German), διαστολή (diastolí) [feminine] (Greek), diasztolé (Hungarian), diastole (Italian), diastole [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), diastole [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), diástole [feminine] (Portuguese), diastolă [feminine] (Romanian), диастола (diastola) (Russian), diástole [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-diastole-en-noun-BMVI8r84 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'relaxation of the heart': 84 4 12
  2. (uncountable, prosody) The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Prosody
    Sense id: en-diastole-en-noun-qcF5-fjY Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
  3. (Greek grammar) The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek. Tags: Greek, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-diastole-en-noun-wadqM42n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 12 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 8 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 23 18 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 17 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 20 13 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 25 16 60 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 14 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 7 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 25 16 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 13 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 18 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 25 10 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 20 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 24 17 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 13 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 13 61 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ectasis [prosody, phonology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: diastolic, peridiastole, protodiastole, telediastole Related terms: caesura [prosody, phonology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], synaeresis [prosody, phonology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], synecphonesis [prosody, phonology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], synizesis [prosody, phonology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011, Julian Maizel, Michel Slama, “9: Hermodynamic Evaluation in the Patient with Arrhythmias”, in Daniel de Backer, Bernard P. Cholley, Michel Slama, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Philippe Vignon, editors, Hemodynamic Monitoring Using Echocardiography in the Critically Ill, Springer, page 90:",
          "text": "During a short cycle or premature contraction, LV ejection begins before pressure in the aorta has completely decreased, and it remains higher than with longer diastoles [4, 5].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process."
      ],
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        ],
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          "heart",
          "heart"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process."
      ],
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      ],
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    },
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "1815 March and June, On the Greek and Latin Accents, The Classical Journal, Volume XI, page 81,\nI have inserted diastole which is omitted in Putschius, an insertion which both the complement, and the subsequent text make necessary."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1841, Gottfried Weber, Godfrey Weber′s General Music Teacher, page 115:",
          "text": "[A]ccording to prosody, this syllable has the diastole and the stress, whereas the second of “cujus” or of “animam” has not.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Jürgen Thym, Ann Clark Fehn, Of Poetry and Song: Approaches to the Nineteenth-Century Lied, page 46:",
          "text": "Surely Goethe′s basic dichotomy of systole and diastole in the Divan poem[…].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length."
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      "links": [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, prosody) The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length."
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      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
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      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonology",
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        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
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          "hypodiastole",
          "hypodiastole"
        ],
        [
          "textual",
          "textual"
        ],
        [
          "punctuation",
          "punctuation"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
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          "disambiguate",
          "disambiguate"
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        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
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        "(Greek grammar) The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈæstəli/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "prosody",
        "phonology",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "ectasis"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "inbisāṭ",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِنْبِسَاط"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diàstole"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diastole"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "diasṭola",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "word": "დიასტოლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Diastole"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Herzerschlaffung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diastolí",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαστολή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "word": "diasztolé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "word": "diastole"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diastole"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diastole"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diástole"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diastolă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diastola",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "word": "диастола"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relaxation of the heart",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diástole"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:diastole"
  ],
  "word": "diastole"
}

Download raw JSONL data for diastole meaning in English (8.3kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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