diapase

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəpeɪz/, /ˈdaɪəpeɪs/

Noun

diapase (plural diapases)

1. diapason
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And twixt them both a quadrate was the base,
     Proportiond equally by seven and nine;
     Nine was the circle sett in heavens place:
     All which compacted made a goodly Diapase