Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīastēma n.
Entry Info
Forms | dīastēma n. |
Etymology | L from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mus. A consonant interval.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333b/a : To make melody of armony nedeþ diastema, diesis [etc.]..Diastema is a couenable space of tweie vois oþer of mo acordyng.