ALL meanings of diapason
di·a·pa·son
D d - noun diapason either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour 3
- noun diapason the compass of an instrument or voice 3
- noun diapason 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) 3
- noun diapason a tuning fork or pitch pipe 3
- noun diapason (in classical Greece) an octave 3
- noun diapason the entire range of a musical instrument or voice 3
- noun diapason the entire range of some activity, emotion, etc. 3
- noun diapason one of the principal stops of an organ, covering the instrument's complete range and producing its characteristic tone quality 3
- noun diapason a swelling burst of harmony 3
- noun diapason a standard of musical pitch 3
- noun diapason a tuning fork 3
- noun diapason the interval of an octave 3
- noun diapason complete harmony 3
- noun diapason An organ stop sounding a main register of flue pipes, typically of eight-foot pitch. 1
- noun diapason a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound. 1
- noun diapason the compass of a voice or instrument. 1
- noun diapason a fixed standard of pitch. 1
- noun diapason either of two principal timbres or stops of a pipe organ, one of full, majestic tone (open diapason) and the other of strong, flutelike tone (stopped diapason) 1
- noun diapason any of several other organ stops. 1
- noun diapason a tuning fork. 1
- noun diapason the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument. 0
- noun diapason the musical octave. 0