DIATESSARON

, is the perfect fourth; or a musical interval, consisting of one greater tone, one lesser, and one greater semitone. The lengths of strings to sound the diatessaron, are as 3 to 4.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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DIAMETER
DIAPASON
DIAPENTE
DIAPHONICS
DIASTYLE
* DIATESSARON
DIATONIC
DIESIS
DIFFERENCE
DIFFERENTIAL
DIFFRACTION