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diesis
 
SYLLABICATION:di·e·sis
PRONUNCIATION:  d-ss
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. di·e·ses (-sz)
See double dagger.
ETYMOLOGY:Medieval Latin, semitone (which was indicated by a double dagger), from Latin, quarter tone, from Greek diesis, a letting through, from dienai, to send through : dia-, dia- + henai, to send; see y- in Appendix I.
 
 
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