DIAPHONE

diaphone

(noun) a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

diaphone (plural diaphones)

A kind of organ pipe.

A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.

Etymology 2

Dia(lect) + phone

Noun

diaphone (plural diaphones)

(phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme.

(phonology) All the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.

Source: Wiktionary



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TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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