diapason (redirected from stopped diapason)

di·a·pa·son  (d-pzn, -sn)

n.

1. A full, rich outpouring of harmonious sound.

2. The entire range of an instrument or voice.

3. Either of the two principal stops on a pipe organ that form the tonal basis for the entire scale of the instrument.

4. The interval and the consonance of an octave.

5. A standard indication of pitch.

6. A tuning fork.

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[Middle English diapasoun, from Latin diapsn, the whole octave, from Greek dia psn (khordn), through all (the notes) : dia, through; see dia- + psn, feminine genitive pl. of ps, every; see pant- in Indo-European roots.]

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diapason [ˌdaɪəˈpeɪz^ən -ˈpeɪs^ən]

n Music

1. (Music / Instruments) either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour

2. (Music / Instruments) the compass of an instrument or voice

3. (Music, other) (chiefly in French usage)

a.  a standard pitch used for tuning, esp the now largely obsolete one of A above middle C = 435 hertz, known as diapason normal (French djapazɔ̃ nɔrmal)

b.  a tuning fork or pitch pipe

4. (Music, other) (in classical Greece) an octave

[from Latin: the whole octave, from Greek: (hē) dia pasōn (khordōn sumphōnia) (concord) through all (the notes), from dia through + pas all]

diapasonal , diapasonic [ˌdaɪəpeɪˈzɒnɪk -ˈsɒn-] adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

diapason - either of the two main stops on a pipe organ diapason stop organ stop - a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality

Translations

diapason [ˌdaɪəˈpeɪzən] N → diapasón m

diapason

n (also Mus) → Diapason m or nt; open diapason → Prinzipal nt; stopped diapason → gedacktes Prinzipal