Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, an interval of a fifth; a descant sung at the fifth.
- In music, to sing a descant at the interval of a fifth. See
diaphony , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.), obsolete An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music, obsolete An
interval of afifth , or apart sung with such intervals.
Etymologies
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Latin quini, "five each".
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