diapason

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a full, rich outpouring or range of musical sound; also a principal organ stop

   The final chord sounded in a broad diapason.

Borrowed from Latin diapason, from Ancient Greek διαπασῶν (diapasôn), that is διά (diá, “through”) + πασῶν (pasôn, “all”) (χορδῶν (khordôn, “notes”)), “through all (notes)”.

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