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DIAPASON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diapason mean?
• DIAPASON (noun)
The noun DIAPASON has 1 sense:
1. either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
Familiarity information: DIAPASON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
diapason; diapason stop
Hypernyms ("diapason" is a kind of...):
organ stop (a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality)
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