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Webster 1913 Edition


Diapente

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Diˊa-pen′te

(-pĕn′tē̍)
,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
διάπεντε
a fifth;
διά
through +
πέντε
five: cf. F.
diapente
.]
1.
(Anc. Mus.)
The interval of the fifth.
2.
(Med.)
A composition of five ingredients.

Webster 1828 Edition


Diapente

DIAPENTE

,
Noun.
[Gr., five.]
1.
A fifth; an interval making the second of the concords, and with the diatessaron, an octave.
2.
In medicine, a composition of five ingredients.