, a division of a tone, less than a semitone; or an interval consisting of a lesser, or imperfect semitone. The Diesis is the smallest and softest change, or | inflexion, of the voice imaginable. It is also called a feint, and is expressed by a St. Andrew's Cross, or saltier,
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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