DIAZEUCTIC

Etymology

Adjective

diazeuctic (not comparable)

(music, obsolete) Disjoining two fourths.

Source: Wiktionary


Di`a*zeuc"tic, Di`a*zeu"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anc. Mus.)

Definition: Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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