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Definition of Diesis
1. Noun. A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
Definition of Diesis
1. n. A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.
Definition of Diesis
1. Noun. (music) Any of several intervals, smaller than a tone, in ancient Greek music ¹
2. Noun. The double dagger sign - ‡ ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diesis
1. a reference mark in printing [n DIESES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diesis
Literary usage of Diesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harmony of the World by Johannes Kepler, A. M. (Alistair Matheson) Duncan, Eric J. Aiton, Judith Veronica Field (1997)
"And because the superior planet's own proportion is greater than the inferior
planet's own, by one diesis, whereas a diesis added to a semitone makes a ..."
2. Aristoxenou Harmonika Stoicheia =: The Harmonics of Aristoxenus by Aristoxenus, Henry Stewart Macran (1902)
"The Dorian was composed of tone, diesis, diesis, ditone, tone, diesis, diesis,
ditone ; this scale again exceeded the octave by a tone. ..."
3. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"diesis (Gr. and It.) (de-<Zy-sis.) i The diesis (Fr.) ... The third part or
fraction of a whole tone. diesis ..."
4. A Text-book of Physics: Including a Collection of Examples and Questions by William Watson (1920)
"... between a minor tone and a limma is V-rJf or \\, and is called a diesis. ...
above by either raising or lowering the pitch of each note by a diesis, ie, ..."
5. Outlines of Analogical Philosophy: Being a Primary View of the Principles by George Field (1839)
"We learn, further, that the diatonic genus, founded on the natural chord, major,
had two colours (for so they were called), to which belonged the diesis of ..."
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