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Definitions: DIESIS |
DIESISNoun1. The mark /; -- called also double dagger. 2. A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals. |
Date "DIESIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Diesis \Di"e*sis\, noun; plural Dieses. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to let go through, dissolve; dia` through to let go, send.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: DIESIS |
| Non-English Usage: "DIESIS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Italian (sharp). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word is usually used to mean the difference between three justly tuned major thirds (tuned in the frequency ratio 5:4) and an octave (in the ratio 2:1), equal to 128:125 or about 41.06 centss.
The word diesis has also been used to describe a large number of intervals, of varying sizes, but typically around 50 cents. Philolaus used it to describe the interval now usually called a limma, that of a justly tuned perfect fourth (4:3) minus two whole tones (9:8), equal to 256:243, or around 90 cents. Other theorists have used it for various other intervals.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Diesis."
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Movie/TV Titles | Fate in blu diesis (1994) | |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
diesis | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "DIESIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | диез (sharp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kettõs kereszt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iesisday semn format din douã cruci. (various references) diyez (sharp), başvurma işareti (obelisk, obelus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"DIESIS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dalessio, dehesas, deisos, desic, desis, Dessi, diapsids, diasis, diesem, diesese, dietki, diexis, digesis, Dinenis, diseas, diseos, Disip, dixevit, iosis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-s-s" | |
-1 letter: issei, sides. | |
-2 letters: dies, diss, ides, seis, side. | |
-3 letters: die, dis, eds, ess, ids, sei, sis. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, es, id, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-s-s" | |
+1 letter: daisies, insides, iodises. | |
+2 letters: deixises, dieresis, disguise, dishiest, dislikes, disseise, disseize, ditsiest, diuresis, fideisms, fideists, fissiped, idolises, insiders, insisted, misedits, ossified, oxidises, shindies, shipside, sideslip, sidespin, sidewise, suicides, tidiness. | |
+3 letters: admissive, dailiness, decisions, demission, densifies, densities, derisions, desisting, despising, destinies, diaeresis, diathesis, dimerisms, dinginess, dioecisms, diopsides, dirtiness, disciples, diseasing, disguised, disguiser, disguises, disherits, disinfest, disinters, disinvest, dislikers, dismissed, dismisses, dispraise, disprizes, disquiets, disrelish, disseised, disseises, disseisin, disseisor, disseized, disseizes, disseizin, dissident, dissipate, disunites, ditheisms, ditheists, divinises, dizziness, firesides, fissioned, fissipeds, fluidises, giddiness, gneissoid, hillsides, idealises, idealisms, idealists, idolisers, indispose, ironsides, kingsides, lividness, misadvise, misbiased, misdrives, misfields, misguides, mispoised, misraised, missioned, missuited, oxidisers, presidios, resinoids, rigidness, ringsides, russified, sanitised, satirised, satisfied, sciaenids, seditions, seditious, semisolid, shipsides, sidehills, sidekicks, sidelines, siderites, sideslips, sidespins, sideswipe, silicides, sissified, skiddiest, spiderish, subsidies, subsidise, subsidize, timidness, vividness, windiness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 45 53 49 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. . ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01000101 01010011 01001001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I E S I S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0045 0053 0049 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)384339534353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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