diapente

D2I1A1P3E1N1T1E1

noun

The interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.

OriginLatin diapente ← Ancient Greek διά →
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Meanings

noundiapente (plural diapentes)

plural diapentes

  1. obsoleteentertainmentThe interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.
  2. obsoletemedicineA composition of five ingredients.
    1 more example

    1816, Race-horses, method of preparing for running, entry in Encyclopædia Perthensis, 2nd Edition, Volume 18, page 571, If the horse be in good fleſh and ſpirits when taken up for its month′s preparation, the diapente muſt be omitted; and the chief buſineſs will be to give him good food, and ſo much exerciſe as will keep him in wind, without overſweating him or exhauſting his ſpirits.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδιά“through, across”
  2. Latindiapente
  3. Englishdiapente

From Latin diapente, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + πέντε (pénte, “five”).

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