Definition of Diapente

1. n. The interval of the fifth.

Definition of Diapente

1. a medicine of five ingredients [n -S]

Medical Definition of Diapente

1. 1. The interval of the fifth. 2. A composition of five ingredients. Origin: L, fr. Gr. A fifth; through + five: cf. F. Diapente. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diapente

diapase
diapases
diapasm
diapasms
diapason
diapason stop
diapasons
diapause
diapaused
diapauses
diapausing
diapedeses
diapedesis
diapensia
diapensia family
diapente (current term)
diapentes
diaper
diaper dermatitis
diaper lover
diaper rash
diapered
diaperhood
diapering
diaperish
diaperless
diaperlike
diapers
diaphane
diaphaneities

Literary usage of Diapente

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1901)
"Et sunt due species, scilicet tonus cum diapente et ... cum diapente, semi- tonium cum diapente. Imperfecte vero possunt sumi in aliquo ..."

2. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"... then give him half an ounce of diapente it; a pint of good old Malaga fack, ... of fack and diapente, but any other ..."

3. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker griechisch und deutsch by Hermann Diels (1903)
"... id cet diapente, effici proportionem. quibus mixtis, scilicet diapason ac ... ut ex diapason ac diapente, quae est una consonantia, et diatessaron una ..."

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