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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Dieses

(#)

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to let go through, dissolve;

διά

through + [GREEK] to let go, send.]

(Mus.)

A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.

(Print.)

The mark ‡; – called also

double dagger

. It is used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

Syn. – double obelisk.

Noun.

[Gr., a division.] In music, the division of a tone, less than a semitone; or an interval consisting of a less or imperfect semitone.