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Definition of bisdiapason

bisdiapason
Disdiapason Dis*di`a*pa"son, n. [Pref. dis- (Gr. ?) + diapason.] (Anc. Mus.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason.

Meaning of bisdiapason from wikipedia

- wavelength or quadruple the frequency. It has also been referred to as the bisdiapason. The fourth harmonic, it is two octaves. It is referred to as a fifteenth...
- idiosyncratic Gr**** letter system which referred to the double octave system (bisdiapason) of the systēma teleion known by Boethius' Ptolemy translation. Thus...