diapason in English

noun
1
an organ stop sounding a main register of flue pipes, typically of eight-foot pitch.
Etherington adopts an apt change in registration, giving vent to the diapasons that would have been the lynchpin of organs in Handel's own time.
2
a grand swelling burst of harmony.
For 45 minutes he spoke, sometimes allowing his voice to swell in a sonorous diapason , sometimes letting it sink low as he leaned forward confidentially over the desk.
3
the entire compass, range, or scope of something.
The entire diapason of pro-war liberal opinion-formers has indulged in this revolting ad hominem habit, ad infinitum and ad nauseam.

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1. Bourdon definition: a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

2. For shunting in bigger railway stations is used the simplex analogical radio communication system for voice transmission of 150 MHz diapason.

3. 4’ Aeoline 4’ Octave 4’ Aeoline 8’ Vox Humana: 4’ Flute 8’ Cornopean 4’ Flute: 8’ Tuba 8’ Oboe: Harmonic Chimes 4’ Horn: Tremolo 16’ Swell to Swell 16’ Echo to Echo 4’ Swell to Swell 4’ Echo to Echo Unison Off: Unison Off Tremolo Choir Pedal Couplers: 8’ Violin Diapason 16’ Open Diapason: Pedal

4. Since 1968 Claves is a Swiss Classical label dedicated to every kind of classical music Depuis 1968 Claves est une maison de disques suisse dédiée à tout genre de musique classique Seit 1968 ist Claves ein Schweizer Label für klassische Musik aller Art DIAPASON D'OR - DUENDE