Diazeutic

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diazeuctic \Di`a*zeuc"tic\, Diazeutic \Di`a*zeu"tic\, a. [Gr. ?
     disjunctive, fr. ? to disjoin; dia` through, asunder + ? to
     join, yoke.] (Anc. Mus.)
     Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like
     that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths,
     and, being joined to either, made a fifth. [Obs.]


     [1913 Webster]