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n. See double dagger.

n. Any of several intervals, smaller than a tone, in ancient Greek music

n. The double dagger sign - ‡

n. A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.

n. The mark ‡; -- called also double dagger. It is used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.

n. In Greek music, the Pythagorean semitone, being the difference between a fourth and two major tones, represented by the ratio 256: 243.

n. In modern music, the difference between an octave and three major thirds, represented by the ratio 128: 125. Also called the modern enharmonic diesis.

n. In printing, the mark ‡, commonly called double dagger. See dagger.

n. a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

"He found striking analogies between a hit in quarte or tierce with the intervals of music which bear those names: when he made a feint, he cried out, "Take care of this diesis," because anciently they called the diesis a feint: and when he had made the foil fly from my hand, he would add, with a sneer, that this was a pause: in a word, I never in my life saw a more insupportable pedant."

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dieses    double dagger   

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