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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ancient Gr. music, a triple rhythm in which there was an alternation of tones whose durations were as two and one respectively.
  • noun In medieval music, the interval of an octave. See diapason.
  • noun A form of pianoforte with two keyboards, used in the eighteenth century.

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